Six-membered hetero &#34;N&#34; compounds

ABSTRACT

Novel six-membered hetero &#34;N&#34; compounds having antibiotic activity, represented by the formula: ##STR1## where X═S, O, CH 2 , or Se 
     Y═OH, NH 2 , NHCOR 9 , or SH 
     R 1 ,R 2 ,R 3 ,R 4 ,R 5 ,R 6 ,R 7  (which may be identical or different)═H, alkyl, or aryl 
     R 9  ═a β-lactam active side chain; 
     computer models for evaluating such compounds and processes for preparing them.

CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION

This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 07/892,716 filed May 29, 1992, abandoned which in turn is a continuation of application Ser. No. 07/450,988 abandoned filed Dec. 15, 1989, which is a continuation-in-part of prior application Ser. No. 284,502 filed 14 Dec. 1988, abandoned.

FIELD OF INVENTION

This invention relates to novel antibacterial agents and a method for predicting the activity thereof relative to penicillin. More particularly, this application describes a molecular modelling technique for determining the fit and reactivity of candidate compounds with bacterial cell wall receptors, and hence a method for predicting structural types that exhibit activity.

BACKGROUND OF INVENTION

It has been known since the 1940's that β-lactam antibiotics, such as the penicillins and cephalosporins, are effective by reason of their interference with the integrity of bacterial cell walls. It has also been discovered that the interference is effected by covalent bonding to the active site serine residue of one or more of a group of enzymes termed penicillin binding proteins (PBP's). These enzymes serve to complete bacterial cell wall synthesis by a cross linking of peptidoglycan chains, and are essential to the cells. All known PBP's include a sequence -Ser-X-X-Lys- and the simplest kinetic description of the reaction between a PBP and a β-lactam antibiotic is given in equation 1, below, where A is a generalized structure. Since the PBP is regenerated in the deacylation step, useful antibacterial activity is considered to require k₃ /K≧1000M⁻¹ sec⁻¹ and k₄ ≦1×10⁻⁴ sec⁻¹. ##STR2##

The question is, therefore, what is the correlation, if any, between antibacterial activity and the "lock and key" interactions which take place between the PBP and the antibiotic.

OBJECT OF THE INVENTION

It is, therefore, an object of the present invention to determine the correlation between antibacterial activity and the lock and key interactions between PBP's and selected antibiotics and thus provide a means by which the "fit" (Step 1) and "reactivity" (Step 2) of any selected candidate structure relative to the fit and reactivity of penicillin may be predicted with some degree of quantitative accuracy.

It is another object of this invention to design with this model novel non β-lactam compounds having antibacterial activity.

BRIEF STATEMENT OF INVENTION

Thus by one aspect of this invention there is provided a method for determining fit and reactivity of any selected candidate antibacterial compound comprising (a) simulating the reaction of said compound with a model of a penicillin binding protein which includes a serine-lysine active site, by determining the relative ease of formation of a four-centred relationship between OH of said serine and a reactive site of said compound; and (b) determining the activation energy for the four-centred reaction of the chemically active functional group of said compound with methanol relative to the activation energy of the corresponding reaction of methanol with N-methylazetidinone.

By another aspect of this invention there is provided a example of a non-β-lactam containing compound characterized in that said compound is capable of forming a four-centred transition structure which includes a serine OH group contained in a model of a penicillin binding protein, reacted therewith; said compound having an activation energy for reaction with methanol not greater than 3 kcal/mol higher than the activation energy exhibited by N-methylazetidinone.

Another aspect of this invention provides compounds of the formula: ##STR3## where X═S, O, CH₂, NH, NR₇, Se

Y═OH, NH₂,NHCOR₈,SH

R₁, R₂, R₃, R₄, R₅, R₆, R₇ -alkyl, aryl

R₈ is a β-lactam active side chain, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof.

β-lactam active side chains are side chains known to be active in β-lactam antibiotics. As used herein, the substituents acceptable in beta-lactam antibiotics may be any of the wide range of permissible substituents disclosed in the literature pertaining to penicillin and cephalosporin compounds. Such substituents may, for example, comprise a group of the formula

    --XQ

wherein X represents oxygen or sulfur and Q represents C₁₋₄ alkyl (e.g., methyl or ethyl), C₂₋₄ alkenyl (e.g. vinyl or propenyl) or aryl C₁₋₄ alkyl (e.g., phenyl C₁₋₄ alkyl such as benzyl).

Such substituents also may be, for example, an unsaturated organic group, for example, a group of the formula ##STR4## Wherein R₁ and R₂ which may be the same or different, and are each selected from hyudrogen, carboxy, cyano, C₂₋₇ alkoxycarbonyl (e.g., methoxycarbonyl or ethoxycarbonyl), and substituted or unsubstituted aliphatic (e.g., alkyl, preferably C₁ -C₆ alkyl such as methyl, ethyl, isopropyl or no-propyl). Specific substituted vinyl groups of the above formula include 2-carboxyvinyl, 2-methoxycarbonylvinyl, 2-ethoxycarbonylvinyl and 2-cyanovinyl.

Alternatively, the β-lactam acceptable substituent may also be an unsubstituted or substituted methyl group depicted by the formula

    --CH.sub.2 Y

wherein Y is a hydrogen atom or a nucleophilic atom or group, e.g., the residue of a nucleophile or a derivitive of a residue of a nucleophile. Y may thus, for example, be derived from the wide range of nucleophilic substances characterized by possessing a nucleophilic nitrogen, carbon, sulfur or oxygen atom. Such nucleophiles have been widely described in the patent and technical literature respecting β-lactam chemistry and are exemplified, for example, in Foxton et al U.S. Pat. No. 4,385,177 granted May 24, 1983, at column 4, line 42--column 8, line 24 and column 34, line 51--column 36, line 17, the disclosure of which is incorporated by this reference herein.

Yet another aspect of this invention provides compounds of the formula: ##STR5## where X═S, O, CH₂, NH, NR₈, Se

Y═OH, NH₂, NHCOR₉, SH

R₁, R₂, R₃, R₄, R₅, R₆, R₇, R₈ -alkyl, aryl

R₉ is a list of 30-40 side chains known to be active in β-lactam antibiotics, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof

A further aspect of this invention provides compounds of the formula: ##STR6## where X--Y═S--S, CH₂ CH₂, S--CH₂, CH₂ --S, S--NR₈, NR₈ --S, CH₂ H--O, O--CH₂, O--NR₈, NR₉ --O, Se--Se, CH₂ --CH₂, Se--CH₂ Z═OH, NH₂, NHCOR₉, SH

R₁, R₂, R₃, R₄, R₅, R₆, R₈ -alkyl, aryl

R₇ ═alkyl, aryl

R₉ is a list of 30-40 side chains known to be active in β-lactam antibiotics, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof.

A still further aspect of the invention provides compounds of the formula: ##STR7## where X═S, O, CH₂, NH, NR₆, Se

Y═N, CH, CR₇

Z═OH, NH₂, SH, NHCOR₈ (when Y═N)

Z--R₉ (when Y═CH, CR₇)

R₁ ═R₂ ═R₃ ═R₄ ═R₆ ═R₇ ═alkyl, aryl

R₅ ═H, alkyl, aryl

R₈ is a list of 30-40 side chains known to be active in β-lactam antibiotics ##STR8## where R₁₀ ═alkyl, aryl, and R₁₁ ═OH, NH₂, NHCOR₈ SH

and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof.

Another aspect of the invention provides compounds of the formula: ##STR9## where X═S, O, CH₂, NH, NR₅, Se

Y═NR₆ --Z

R₁, R₂, R₃, R₄, R₅, and R₆ are each H, alkyl, or aryl Z is OH, SH, NH₂, or NHCOR₇

R₇ is a β-lactam active side chain, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. Preferably, R₆ is hydrogen and Z is NHCOR₉ where R₉ is lower alkyl and particularly benzyl.

As used herein, the term "alkyl" includes alkyl groups containing up to twenty carbon atoms, preferably C₁₋₆ alkyl groups, which can optionally be monosubstituted, distributed or polysubstituted by functional groups, for example by free, etherified is esterified hydroxyl or mercapto groups, such as lower alkoxy or lower alkylthio; optionally substituted lower alkoxycarbonyloxy or lower alkanoyloxy; halogen; oxo; nitro; optionally substituted amino, for example lower alkylamino, di-lower alkylamino, lower alkanoyloxy; halogen; oxo; nitro; optionally substituted amino, for example lower alkylamino, di-lower alkylamino, lower alkyleneamino, as well as acylamino, such as lower alkanoylamino, lower alkoxycarbonylamino, halogeno-lower alkoxycarbonylamino, optionally substituted carbamoylamino, ureidocarbonylamino or guanidinocarbonylamino, and also sulfoamino which is optionally present in the form of a salt, such as in the form of an alkali metal salt, azido, or acyl, such as lower alkanoyl or benzoyl;

Optionally functionally modified carboxyl, such as carboxyl present in the form of a salt, esterfied carboxyl, such as lower alkoxycarbonyl, optionally substituted carbamoyl, such as N-lower alkylcarbamoyl or N, N-di-lower alkylcarbamoyl and also optionally substituted ureidocarbonyl or guanidinocarbonyl; nitrile; optionally functionally modified sufo, such as sulfamoyl or sulfo present in the form of a salt; or optionally O-monosubstituted or O, O-disubstituted phosphone, which may be substituted, for example, by optionally substituted lower alkyl, phenyl or phenyl-lower alkyl, it also being possible for O-unsubstituted or O-monosubstituted phosphono to be in the form of a salt, such as in the form of an alkali metal salt.

As used herein, the term "aryl" includes carbocyclic, hetrocyclic aryl. The carbocyclic aryl includes phenyl and naphthyl, optionally substituted with up to three halogen, C₁₋₆ alkyl, C₁₋₆ alkoxy, halo (C₁₋₆) alkyl, hydroxy, amino, carboxy, C₁₋₆ alkoxycarbonyl, C₁₋₆ alkoxycarbonyl-(C₁₋₆)-alkyl, nitro, sulfonamido, C₁₋₆ alkylcarbonyl, amido (--CONH₂), or C₁₋₆ alkylamino groups.

The term "heterocyclic" includes single or fused rings comprising up to four hetro atoms in the ring selected from oxygen, nitrogen and sulphur and optionally substituted with up to three halogen C₃₋₆ alkyl, C₁₋₆ alkoxy, halo (C₁₋₆) alkyl, hydroxy, amino, carboxy, C₁₋₆ alkoxycarbonyl, C₁₋₆ alkoxycarbonyl (C₁₋₆) alkyl, aryl, oxo, nitro, sulphonamido, C₁₋₆ alkyl-carbonyl, amido or C₁₋₆ alkylamino groups.

Suitable C₁₋₆ alkyl groups may be straight or branched chain and include methyl, ethyl n- or iso-propyl, n-, sec-, iso-, or tert-butyl. In those cases where the C₁₋₆ alkyl group carries a substituent the preferred C₁₋₆ alkyl groups include methyl, ethyl and n-propyl.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is the structure of a model of a penicillin receptor whose docking to penicillins and cephalosporins leads uniformly to four-centred interactions between C--O--H of serine and (O)C--N of the penicillin or cephalosporin.

FIG. 2 is a stereoscopic view of penicillin V docked to the peptide of FIG. 1.

FIG. 3 is a stereoscopic view of a Δ³ -cephalosporin docked to the peptide of FIG. 1.

FIG. 4 is a stereoscopic view of a Δ² -cephalosporin docked to the peptide of FIG. 1.

FIG. 5 is a stereoscopic view of a 4-epi-Δ² -cephalosporin docked to the peptide of FIG. 1.

FIG. 6 is a close-up view of the four-centred interaction between C--O--H of serine and (O)C--N of the β-lactam ring which exists in FIG. 2.

FIG. 7 is the N-protonated transition structure for the attack of methanol upon the exo face of N-methylazetidinone (ab initio calculation).

FIG. 8 is the O-protonated transition structure for the attack of methanol upon the exo face of N-methylazetidinone (ab initio calculation).

FIG. 9 is a stereoscopic view of the transition structure calculated using MINDO/3 for the reaction of methanol with a penicillin via an N-protonated pathway.

FIG. 10 is a stereoscopic view of the transition structure calculated using MINDO/3 for the reaction of methanol with a penicillin via an O-protonated pathway.

FIG. 11 is a stereoscopic view of the transition structure for the reaction of methanol with penam via endo-attack.

FIG. 12 is a stereoscopic view of the complexation of 5 to the peptide of FIG. 1.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

Possible structures for peptides, penicillins and cephalosporins were examined using the computer programme MMP2(85) which is available from the Quantum Chemistry Program Exchange (QCPE) at the University of Indiana, Bloomington, Ind., U.S.A. This programme calculates the strain energy of a molecule in terms of contributions to this energy associated with stretching of bonds, bending of bond angles, torsion about bonds, and electrostatic and van der Waals interactions of non-bonded atoms. To carry out the calculation, it is necessary to enter the cartesian coordinates of all atoms, and define lists of connected and attached atoms. If the types of atoms present in the molecule of interest are known to the programme, the strain energy is minimized by application of the Newton-Raphson procedure to an unconstrained multivariable non-linear function that includes all of the individual contributions noted above. This function is termed the force field. For the minimization to proceed in a reliable manner it is important that the geometry entered at the beginning of the calculation already be reasonably accurate, and close to the bottom of an energy well.

For each different molecule to be examined with MMP2(85), it is first necessary to determine the parameters associated with the types of atoms present within this molecule. These parameters include, inter alia, standard bond lengths and bond angles, and stretching and bending force constants. Bond lengths and angles are available from compilations of vibrational data, and others can be calculated by molecular orbital (MO) procedures. The general strategy for parameter development can be found in the monograph "Molecular Mechanics", by U. Burkert and N. L. Alinger, published by the American Chemical Society, Washington, 1982. Since the parameters for peptides (e.g., enzymes), penicillins and cephalosporins in the force field of MMP2(85) were previously unknown, these were first determined and tested for their ability to reproduce known experimental crystal structures, and known effects of solvent upon the conformations (three-dimensional structures) of the different structural types. The parameters are termed PEPCON (Table 1) (for peptides), PENCON (Table 2) (for penicillins), and CEPARAM (Table 3) (for cephalosporins).

                  TABLE 1                                                          ______________________________________                                         PEPCON                                                                         ______________________________________                                         159  39    9     123  39          78.50                                        5    6     1     5    0.00  0.00  0.30                                         5    3     9     1    0.00  15.00 0. 00                                        3    9     1     6    0.00  0.00  0.00                                         9    1     6     5    -2.50 3.00  -1.00                                        6    1     9     14   0.00  0.00  0.00                                         1    1     1     1    0.20  0.27  0.09                                         1    1     1     3    0.26  0.00  0.06                                         1    1     1     5    0.00  0.00  0.27                                         1    1     1     8    0.00  0.00  0.06                                         1    1     1     9    0.00  0.00  0.06                                         1    1     1     13   0.00  0.00  0.40                                         1    1     1     15   0.00  0.00  0.80                                         1    1     1     19   0.00  0.00  0.60                                         1    1     2     2    0.00  0.00  0.10                                         1    1     3     7    0.00  0.00  -0.04                                        1    1     3     9    0.00  0.00  -0.04                                        1    1     3     11   0.00  0.00  -0.09                                        1    1     3     12   0.00  0.00  -0.20                                        1    1     4     4    0.00  0.00  0.10                                         1    1     4     26   0.00  0.00  0.10                                         1    1     4     27   0.00  0.00  0.10                                         1    1     6     21   0.00  0.00  0.30                                         1    1     8     23   0.00  0.00  0.30                                         1    1     9     1    0.00  0.00  0.12                                         1    1     9     3    0.00  0.00  0.06                                         1    1     9     14   0.00  0.00  0.06                                         1    1     13    23   0.00  0.00  0.20                                         1    1     15    1    0.00  0.00  0.70                                         1    1     15    15   0.00  0.00  0.80                                         1    1     15    25   0.00  0.00  0.20                                         1    1     19    2    0.00  0.00  0.05                                         1    1     19    23   0.00  0.00  0.05                                         1    2     2     2    0.00  3.50  0.00                                         1    2     2     5    0.00  3.50  0.00                                         1    3     9     1    1.80  6.49  0.00                                         1    3     9     1    1.80  19.00 0.00                                         1    3     9     14   0.00  2.66  0.00                                         1    3     12    24   0.60  0.00  3.20                                         1    4     4     5    -0.30 3.80  0.00                                         1    4     4     26   0.00  3.50  0.00                                         1    4     26    4    0.00  5.00  0.00                                         1    4     26    23   0.00  5.00  0.00                                         1    4     27    2    -0.30 3.80  0.00                                         1    4     27    27   0.00  3.50  0.00                                         1    9     1     3    0.00  0.00  0.12                                         1    9     1     5    0.00  0.00  0.12                                         1    9     3     7    0.00  7.19  0.00                                         1    15    1     5    0.00  0.00  0.70                                         1    15    15    1    0.00  -7.60 1.70                                         1    19    2     8    0.00  4.50  0.00  *                                      1    19    2     19   0.00  4.50  0.00                                         2    1     1     3    0.26  0.00  0.06                                         2    1     1     5    0.00  0.00  0.27                                         2    1     1     8    0.00  0.00  0.06                                         2    1     1     9    0.00  0.00  0.06                                         2    1     1     13   0.00  0.00  0.06                                         2    1     3     7    0.00  0.00  -0.35                                        2    1     3     9    0.00  -0.50 -1.70                                        2    2     1     3    0.00  0.00  0.90                                         2    2     1     5    0.00  0.00  0.05                                         2    2     2     2    -0.30 3.80  0.00                                         2    2     2     5    0.00  3.50  0.00                                         2    2     2     6    0.00  3.80  0.00                                         2    2     2     27   -0.30 3.80  0.00                                         2    2     6     21   0.00  1.80  0.00                                         2    2     27    4    0.00  3.50  0.00                                         2    2     27    26   0.00  3.50  0.00                                         2    2     27    27   -0.30 3.80  0.00                                         2    19    1     5    0.00  0.00  0.05                                         2    27    4     4    0.00  3.50  0.00                                         2    27    26    4    0.00  5.00  0.00                                         2    27    26    23   0.00  5.00  0.00                                         2    27    27    2    -0.30 3.80  0.00                                         2    27    27    4    0.00  3.50  0.00                                         2    27    27    26   0.00  3.50  0.00                                         3    1     1     3    0.26  0.00  0.06                                         3    1     1     4    0.26  0.00  0.06                                         3    1     1     5    0.00  0.00  0.16                                         3    1     1     6    0.26  0.00  0.06                                         3    1     1     8    0.00  0.00  0.06                                         3    1     1     9    0.00  0.00  0.08                                         3    1     1     13   0.00  0.00  0.06                                         3    1     1     15   0.26  0.00  0.06                                         3    1     8     23   0.00  0.00  0.30                                         3    1     9     3    0.00  0.00  0.06                                         3    1     9     14   0.00  0.00  0.06                                         3    1     13    23   0.00  0.00  0.30                                         3    9     1     5    0.00  0.00  0.06                                         4    1     1     5    0.00  0.00  0.27                                         4    1     1     8    0.00  0.00  0.06                                         4    1     1     9    0.00  0.00  0.06                                         4    1     1     13   0.00  0.00  0.06                                         4    4     1     5    0.00  0.00  0.10                                         4    4     26    4    0.00  5.00  0.00                                         4    4     26    23   0.00  5.00  0.00                                         4    4     26    27   0.00  5.00  0.00                                         4    4     27    27   -0.30 3.80  0.00                                         4    26    4     5    0.00  5.00  0.00                                         4    26    4     26   0.00  5.00  0.00                                         4    26    27    27   0.00  5.00  0.00                                         4    27    2     5    -0.30 3.80  0.00                                         4    27    27    26   -0.30 3.80  0.00                                         5    1     1     5    0.00  0.00  0.24                                         5    1     1     6    0.00  0.00  0.50                                         5    1     1     8    0.00  0.49  0.16                                         5    1     1     9    0.00  0.49  0.16                                         5    1     1     13   0.00  0.00  0.40                                         5    1     1     15   0.00  0.00  0.40                                         5    1     1     19   0.00  0.00  0.30                                         5    1     3     7    0.00  0.00  -0.04                                        5    1     3     9    0.00  0.00  -0.04                                        5    1     3     11   0.00  0.00  -0.09                                        5    1     3     12   0.00  0.00  -0.06                                        5    1     4     26   0.00  0.00  0.10                                         5    1     4     27   0.00  0.00  0.10                                         5    1     6     21   0.00  0.00  0.30                                         5    1     8     23   0.00  0.00  0.30                                         5    1     9     14   0.00  0.00  0.06                                         5    1     13    23   0.00  0.00  0.20                                         5    1     15    15   0.00  0.00  0.80                                         5    1     15    25   0.00  0.00  0.50                                         5    1     19    23   0.00  0.00  0.05                                         5    2     2     5    -0.30 3.80  0.00                                         5    2     2     6    -0.30 3.80  0.00                                         5    2     2     27   0.00  3.50  0.00                                         5    2     27    26   0.00  3.50  0.00                                         5    2     27    27   0.00  3.50  0.00                                         5    3     9     14   0.00  2.33  0.0                                          5    4     4     26   0.00  3.50  0.00                                         5    4     4     27   0.00  3.50  0.00                                         5    4     26    23   0.00  5.00  0.00                                         5    4     26    27   0.00  5.00  0.00                                         6    1     1     8    0.00  0.00  0.06                                         6    1     1     9    0.00  0.00  0.06                                         6    1     1     13   0.00  0.00  0.06                                         7    3     1     8    0.00  0.00  -0.04                                        7    3     1     9    0.00  0.00  -0.04                                        7    3     1     13   0.00  0.00  -0.04                                        7    3     9     14   0.00  2.66  0.00                                         7    3     12    24   0.00  0.00  3.10                                         8    1     1     15   0.00  0.00  0.06                                         8    1     3     9    0.00  0.00  -0.09                                        8    1     3     11   0.00  0.00  -0.09                                        8    1     3     12   0.00  0.00  -0.06                                        9    1     1     15   0.00  0.00  0.06                                         9    1     3     9    0.00  0.00  -0.04                                        9    1     3     11   0.00  0.00  -0.09                                        9    1     3     12   0.00  0.00  -0.06                                        9    3     1     13   0.00  0.00  -0.06                                        11   3     1     13   0.00  0.00  -0.09                                        12   3     1     13   0.00  0.00  -0.06                                        13   1     1     15   0.15  0.00  0.10                                         19   2     19    23   0.00  4.50  0.00                                         19   2     8     23   0.00  4.50  0.00  *                                      23   19    2     8    0.00  4.50  0.00  *                                      23   26    4     26   0.00  5.00  0.00                                         23   26    27    27   0.00  5.00  0.00                                         26   4     4     26   -0.30 3.80  0.00                                         26   4     4     27   0.00  3.80  0.0                                          1    1      4.40     1.525                                                                               1.510     FC ST                                      1    2      4.48     1.504                                                     1    3      4.75     1.526                                                     1    4      4.40     1.504                                                     1    5      4.60     1.081                                                     1    6      5.36     1.425                                                     1    8      5.10     1.461                                                     1    9      5.47     1.452                                                     1    13     5.15     1.472                                                     1    15     3.21     1.815                                                     1    19     5.27     1.460                                                                               *                                                    5    6      4.60     0.968                                                     2    2      9.60     1.382                                                     2    5      4.60     1.101                                                     2    6      6.20     1.381                                                     2    8      5.10     1.331                                                                               *                                                    2    19     5.10     1.331                                                     2    27     6.51     1.400                                                     3    5      4.8      1.103                                                     3    6      5.05     1.330                                                     3    7      10.01    1.229                                                     3    9      7.74     1.330                                                     3    11     5.11     1.250                                                     3    12     5.05     1.328                                                     6    21     4.60     0.968                                                     4    4      7.19     1.371                                                     4    5               4.60 1.101                                                4    26     5.69     1.394                                                     4    27     5.39     1.459                                                     8    23     6.10     1.015                                                     9    14     5.78     0.991                                                     12   24     7.20     0.972                                                     13   23     6.03     1.023                                                     15   15     3.10     2.024                                                     15   25     3.80     1.354                                                     19   23     5.95     1.007                                                     23   26     6.05     1.010                                                     26   27     5.94     1.380                                                     27   27     6.21     1.419                                                     1    1     0.000                BOND DIPOLE                                    1    2     0.100                                                               1    3     -1.020                                                              1    4     -0.180                                                              1    5     0.000                                                               1    6     2.530                                                               1    8     3.980                                                               1    9     2.650                                                               5    6     -1.960                                                              1    13    1.720                                                               1    15    -0.671                                                              1    19    2.058                *                                              2    2     0.000                                                               2    5     -0.058                                                              2    6     0.810                                                               2    8     4.524                *                                              2    19    3.260                                                               2    27    -0.700                                                              3    5     0.0                                                                 3    6     0.000                                                               3    7     3.010                                                               3    9     3.320                                                               3    11    3.950                                                               3    12    1.850                *                                              6    21    -1.960                                                              4    4     0.000                                                               4    5     0.000                                                               4    26    2.120                                                               4    27    1.120                                                               8    23    -1.410                                                              9    14    -1.810                                                              12   24    0.000                                                               13   23    -1.350                                                              15   15    0.000                                                               15   25    0.000                                                               19   23    -2.270                                                              23   26    1.430                                                               26   27    -1.030                                                              27   27    0.000                                                                    4     0.044                1.940                                               11    0.066                1.780                                               12    0.050                1.740                                               13    0.030                1.900                                               14    0.017                0.930                                               19    0.055                1.820                                               25    0.036                1.250                                               26    0.055                1.820                                               27    0.044                1.940                                          1    1     1     0.45     110.30                                                                               1                                              1    1     1     0.45     111.20                                                                               2                                              1    1     1     0.45     112.40                                                                               3                                              1    1     2     0.58     114.00                                               1    1     3     0.67     107.80                                                                               1                                              1    1     3     0.67     110.80                                                                               2                                              1    1     3     0.67     112.20                                                                               3                                              1    1     4     0.71     113.10                                               1    1     5     0.36     109.39                                               1    1     6              0.56  109.10                                                                               1                                        1    1     6     0.56     104.10                                                                               2                                              1    1     6     0.56     109.40                                                                               3                                              1    1     8     0.57     109.47                                               1    1     9     0 56     109.40                                                                               1                                              1    1     9     0.56     109.60                                                                               2                                              1    1     9     0.85     111.10                                                                               3                                              1    1     13    0.90     111.20                                               1    1     15    0.63     108.80                                               1    1     19    0.75     111.20                                               1    2     2     0.55     121.40                                               1    2     5     0.36     118.20                                               1    3     7     0.86     120.60                                               1    3     9     0.78     116.40                                               1    3     11    0.64     117.00                                               1    3     12    0.70     115.00                                               1    4     4     0.80     129.80                                               1    4     26    0.80     121.70                                               1    4     27    0.80     128.60                                               1    6     21    0.35     108.40                                               1    8     23    0.48     109.50                                               1    9     1     0.45     111.90                                               1    9     2     0.75     123.20                                               1    9     3     0.49     120.60                                                                               1                                              1    9     3     0.35     121.70                                                                               2                                              1    9     14    0.54     124.00                                               1    13    23    0.40     109.50                                               1    15    1     0.78     97.60                                                1    15    15    1.17     103.90                                               1    15    25    0.48     96.00                                                1    19    2     0.56     123.20                                               1    19    23    0.38     118.40                                               2    1     3     0.47     110.2                                                2    1     5     0.36     109.40                                               2    2     2     0.43     120.00                                               2    2     5     0.36     120.00                                               2    2     6     0.75     121.00                                               2    2     27    0.96     120.00                                               2    6     21    0.35     113.00                                               2    8     23    0.50     120.00                                               2    9     23    0.50     120.00                                               2    19    23    0.38     120.00                                               2    27    4     0.90     134.90                                               2    27    26    0.35     132.80                                               2    27    27    0.90     122.70                                               3    1     5     0.37     107.90                                               3    1     8     0.82     110.74                                               3    1     9     0.44     110.00                                                                               1                                              3    1     9     0.47     109.70                                                                               2                                              3    1     9     0.56     110.80                                                                               3                                              3    1     13    0.90     110.74                                               3    9     14    0.50     122.50                                               3    12    24    0.74     106.10                                               4    1     5     0.38     109.50                                               4    4     5     0.36     126.30                                               4    4     26    0.80     107.90                                               4    4     27    0.43     106.40                                               4    26    4     0.80     106.30                                               4    26    23    0.40     126.40                                               4    26    27    0.80     111.60                                               4    27    27    0.95     108.80                                               5    1     5     0.32     109.40                                               5    1     6     0.43     103.10                                               5    1     8     0.46     108.80                                               5    1     9     0.36     109.39                                                                               1                                              5    1     9     0.36     109.41                                                                               2                                              5    1     9     0.36     110.00                                                                               3                                              5    1     13    0.50     108.80                                               5    1     15    0.36     112.00                                               5    1     19    0.38     109.00      *                                        5    2     27    0.36     120.00                                               5    3     7     0.37     112.0                                                5    3     9     0.40     122.3                                                5    4     26    0.36     120.00                                               7    3     9     0.85     124.10                                               7    3     12    1.13     124.50                                               8    2     19    0.80     120.00      *                                        11   3     11    0.85     126.00                                               14   9     14    0.50     120.00                                               19   2     19    0.80     120.00                                               23   8     23    0.50     106.80                                               23   19    23    0.50     120.00                                               23   13    23    0.50     109.50                                               23   26    27    0.40     124.20                                               26   4     26    0.90     110.90                                               26   27    27    0.90     104.40                                               1    6     5     0.35     108.40                                               9    1     6     0.62     111.00                                               3      11    0.8                                                               3      12    0.8                                                               9      14    0.05                                                              2      27    0.05                                                              2      1     0.05            ADDED O.P.A. (MM2)                                2      2     0.05                                                              2      5     0.05                                                              2      6     0.05                                                              2      8     0.05                                                              2      19    0.05                  *KY                                         3      1     0.8                                                               3      5     0.8                      *KY                                      3      7     0.8                                                               3      9     0.8                                                               9      1     0.05                                                              9      3     0.05                                                              4      26    0.05                                                              4      4     0.05                                                              27     27    0.05                                                              27     2     0.05                                                              27     4     0.05                                                              26     27    0.05                                                              4      1     0.05                                                              4      5     0.05                                                              4      27    0.05                                                              27     26    0.05                                                              ______________________________________                                    

                  TABLE 2                                                          ______________________________________                                         PENCON                                                                         ______________________________________                                             117    25    6    70    25                                                     1      1     3    6     0.40       -0.30 -0.07                                 1      3     9    20    1.80       6.49  -6.23                                 1      6     2    2     3.53       2.30  -2.53                                 1      6     3    7     -1.66      8.98  0.00                                  1      6     3    16    -2.50      1.39  0.00                                  1      8     20   5     0.00       0.00  0.52                                  1      8     20   22    -0.20      0.73  0.80                                  1      8     20   26    0.00       0.00  0.00                                  1      16    1    5     0.00       0.00  0.27                                  1      16    15   22    -1.00      3.01  1.86                                  1      16    16   3     -0.26      1.00  -0.80                                 1      16    16   5     0.00       0.00  -0.90                                 1      16    16   27    -0.26      0.70  -0.06                                 1      25    6    19    0.00       0.00  0.00                                  1      25    25   25    0.00       3.50  0.00                                  2      1     3    9     0.00       -0.50 -1.70                                 2      2     1    3     0.00       0.00  0.50                                  2      2     2    6     0.00       3.80  0.00                                  2      2     2    25    -0.30      3.50  0.00                                  2      2     25   19    0.00       1.00  0.30                                  2      2     25   25    0.00       1.00  0.30                                  2      6     1    3     0.00       0.00  -0.60                                 2      6     1    5     0.00       0.00  0.53                                  2      25    19   6     0.00       4.50  0.00                                  2      25    25   3     0.00       3.50  0.00                                  3      6     1    6     -1.00      -5.00 0.00                                  3      9     20   5     0.00       0.00  0.51                                  3      9     20   22    0.00       0.00  0.01                                  3      9     20   26    -3.50      -0.05 -4.30                                 3      16    16   15    -1.75      0.60  1.50                                  3      16    27   22    -1.00      -0.80 0.40                                  3      16    27   26    -1.00      -0.53 1.13                                  3      25    25   1     0.00       5.00  0.00                                  3      25    25   6     0.00       3.80  0.00                                  3      25    25   19    0.00       3.80  0.00                                  5      1     16   15    0.00       0.00  0.40                                  5      1     16   16    0.00       0.00  0.27                                  5      1     25   6     0.00       0.00  0.54                                  5      1     25   25    0.00       0.00  0.05                                  5      2     2    6     -0.30      3.80  0.00                                  5      2     2    25    0.00       3.50  0.00                                  5      16    3    6     0.00       0.00  -0.02                                 5      16    3    7     0.00       0.00  -0.04                                 5      16    3    29    0.00       0.00  -0.04                                 5      16    3    30    0.00       0.00  -0.09                                 5      16    16   15    0.00       0.00  -0.80                                 5      16    27   22    0.00       0.00  0.40                                  5      16    27   26    0.00       0.00  0.04                                  5      20    9    14    0.00       0.00  0.00                                  5      20    22   5     0.00       0.00  1.30                                  5      20    22   15    0.00       0.00  0.04                                  5      20    22   27    0.00       0.00  0.10                                  5      20    26   27    0.00       0.00  -0.09                                 5      20    26   28    0.00       0.00  0.21                                  5      22    15   16    0.00       0.00  0.00                                  5      22    20   8     0.00       0.00  0.20                                  5      22    20   9     0.00       0.00  0.20                                  5      22    20   12    0.00       3.00  0.40                                  5      22    20   13    0.00       5.00  0.20                                  5      22    20   26    0.00       0.00  0.87                                  5      22    27   16    0.00       0.00  0.00                                  5      22    27   26    0.00       0.00  0.98                                  6      1     3    7     0.00       0.00  -0.04                                 6      1     3    9     0.00       0.00  -0.04                                 6      3     16   16    0.40       -0.30 -0.07                                 6      3     16   27    0.00       0.00  0.50                                  6      19    25   25    0.00       4.50  0.00                                  6      25    25   25    0.00       3.80  0.00                                  7      3     9    20    0.00       7.19  0.00                                  7      3     16   16    0.00       0.00  -0.04                                 7      3     16   27    0.00       0.00  -0.04                                 7      3     25   25    4.00       0.40  2.40                                  9      3     25   25    4.30       0.40  2.90                                  8      20    22   27    0.00       0.00  0.40                                  8      20    26   27    -4.30      5.00  -1.50                                 8      20    26   28    -3.50      3.00  8.00                                  9      20    22   15    0.50       0.00  1.00                                  9      20    22   27    0.00       0.00  0.40                                  9      20    26   27    -4.30      5.00  -1.50                                 9      20    26   28    -3.50      3.00  8.00                                  12     20    22   15    0.00       0.00  0.04                                  12     20    22   27    0.00       0.00  0.50                                  12     20    26   27    0.00       0.00  -0.09                                 12     20    26   28    0.00       0.00  0.21                                  13     20    22   15    0.50       -2.75 3.00                                  13     20    22   27    0.00       0.00  1.40                                  13     20    26   27    -4.30      5.00  -1.50                                 13     20    26   28    -1.50      5.00  8.00                                  14     9     3    25    0.00       2.66  0.00                                  14     9     20   22    0.00       0.00  0.01                                  14     9     20   26    0.00       0.00  0.01                                  15     16    16   27    -0.75      2.00  -0.90                                 15     22    20   26    0.00       1.00  1.00                                  15     22    27   16    -3.00      7.00  0.00                                  15     22    27   26    0.00       1.00  0.30                                  16     15    22   20    -2.50      3.60  -3.00                                 16     15    22   27    -2.50      3.00  -1.00                                 16     16    3    29    0.00       0.00  -0.20                                 16     16    3    30    0.00       0.00  -0.09                                 16     16    15   22    0.00       2.50  0.40                                  16     16    27   22    -1.00      -2.50 0.40                                  16     16    27   26    -0.50      0.50  2.50                                  16     27    22   20    0.00       1.00  -0.50                                 16     27    26   20    -4.00      3.00  0.40                                  16     27    26   28    -1.00      3.00  2.00                                  19     6     25   25    0.00       3.50  0.00                                  19     25    25   25    0.00       3.80  0.00                                  20     9     3    25    1.80       6.49  -5.23                             4   20     22    27   26    1.50       10.00 1.00                              4   20     26    27   22    -1.00      8.50  5.00                              4   22     20    26   27    -1.00      9.00  3.00                                  22     20    26   28    0.20       3.50  -2.50                                 22     27    26   28    0.20       8.00  -4.70                                 25     6     19   25    0.00       3.50  0.00                              4   26     20    22   27    -2.65      6.10  0.20                                  27     16    3    29    0.00       0.00  -0.06                                 27     16    3    30    0.00       0.00  -0.09                                 1      16         5.26        1.525                                            1      25         5.48        1.512                                            2      25         9.60        1.526                                            3      16         4.45        1.550                                            3      25         9.60        1.332                                            5      16         4.60        1.070                                            5      20         4.39        1.080                                            5      22         4.38        1.090                                            6      19         4.32        1.410                                            6      25         4.09        1.350                                            8      20         5.10        1.510                                            9      20         5.47        1.449                                            12     20         3.23        1.793                                            13     20         2.30        1.926                                            15     16         3.98        1.851                                            15     22         3.98        1.810                                            16     16         4.50        1.565                                            16     27         4.30        1.476                                            19     25         6.50        1.310                                            20     22         2.56        1.553                                            20     26         2.58        1.527                                            20     27         4.30        1.484                                            25     25         5.83        1.380                                            26     27         4.79        1.393                                            26     28         8.65        1.201                                            1      16         0.000                                                        1      25         0.100                                                        2      25         0.000                                                        3      16         5.872                                                        3      25         0.000                                                        5      16         0.000                                                        5      20         0.000                                                        5      22         0.000                                                        6      19         0.081                                                        6      25         0.212                                                        8      20         3.980                                                        9      20         0.000                                                        12     20         1.940                                                        13     20         1.790                                                        15     16         4.464                                                        15     22         3.653                                                        16     16         0.000                                                        16     27         2.304                                                        19     25         0.330                                                        25     25         0.000                                                        20     22         -0.062                                                       20     26         1.547                                                        22     27         0.712                                                        26     27         2.280                                                        26     28         1.533                                                               16         0.044       1.920                                                   20         0.044       1.920                                                   25         0.044       1.920                                                   26         0.044       1.920                                                   27         0.055       1.820                                                   28         0.066       1.740                                            1      6     2          0.77       117.00                                      1      8     20         0.63       110.00                                      1      16    1          0.45       110.90      1                               1      16    1          0.45       111.20      2                               1      16    1          0.45       112.40      3                               1      16    5          0.36       109.40                                      1      16    15         0.63       109.80                                      1      16    16         0.45       110.30      1                               1      16    16         0.45       111.20      2                               1      16    16         0.45       112.40      3                               1      25    6          0.50       117.00                                      1      25    25         0.55       134.00                                      2      2     25         0.43       120.00                                      2      25    19         0.43       120.00                                      2      25    25         0.43       128.00                                      3      1     6          0.70       106.00                                      3      9     20         0.49       121.20                                      3      16    5          0.37       107.90                                      3      16    16         0.67       113.90                                      3      16    27         0.44       111.30                                      3      25    25         0.60       129.00                                      5      1     16         0.36       109.40                                      5      1     25         0.36       109.40                                      5      16    15         0.36       112.00                                      5      16    16         0.36       113.36                                      5      16    27         0.50       100.00                                      5      20    8          0.36       98.90                                       5      20    9          0.36       98.90                                       5      20    22         0.33       113.50                                      5      20    26         0.63       113.50                                      5      22    15         0.36       112.00                                      5      22    20         0.45       119.30                                      5      22    27         0.37       112.40                                      6      3     16         0.65       107.10                                      6      19    25         0.90       106.00                                      6      25    25         1.38       109.00                                      7      3     25         0.50       118.00                                      7      3     16         0.86       110.60                                      8      20    22         0.56       117.30                                      8      20    26         0.56       115.00                                      9      3     25         0.50       115.00                                      9      20    22         0.56       118.70                                      9      20    26         0.56       116.50                                      12     20    13         1.03       111.11                                      12     20    22         0.35       115.30                                      12     20    26         0.35       114.70                                      13     20    22         0.36       117.70                                      13     20    26         0.36       110.50                                      14     9     20         0.54       137.90                                      15     16    16         0.95       104.10                                      15     22    20         0.63       119.50                                      15     22    27         0.95       104.10                                      16     15    22         1.10       93.00                                       16     16    27         0.95       105.70                                      16     27    22         0.70       117.40                                      16     27    26         0.95       126.10                                      19     6     25         0.71       109.00                                      19     25    25         1.46       111.00                                  4   20     22    27         0.27       87.50                                   4   20     26    27         0.52       92.20                                       20     26    28         -0.02      136.80                                  4   22     20    26         0.30       85.20                                   4   22     27    26         0.35       93.40                                       27     26    28         1.59       130.60                                             2     25         0.05                                                          3     16         0.80                                                          3     25         0.80                                                          9     20         0.05                                                          20    26         0.80                                                          26    27         0.80                                               ______________________________________                                    

                  TABLE 3                                                          ______________________________________                                         CEPARAM                                                                        ______________________________________                                         125     19     6     68    18                78.5                              1       3      16    16    0.34       11.10  0.00                              1       3      16    32    0.00       0.00   -0.09                             1       3      9     20    1.80       6.49   -6.23                             1       6      2     2     3.53       2.30   -2.53                             1       8      20    5     0.00       0.00   0.52                              1       8      20    22    -0.20      0.73   0.80                              1       8      20    31    0.00       0.00   0.00                              1       15     22    5     0.00       0.00   0.00                              1       15     22    20    2.50       3.60   0.00                              1       15     22    32    2.50       3.00   1.00                              1       16     1     5     0.00       0.00   0.27                              1       16     1     15    1.68       1.11   -0.20                             1       16     1     32    0.00       0.00   0.00                              1       16     15    22    -1.00      3.01   1.86                              1       16     16    3     0.00       15.00  0.00                              1       16     16    5     0.00       0.00   -0.90                             1       16     16    15    -0.45      27.10  -0.78                             1       16     16    32    0.00       15.00  0.00                              1       20     9     3     0.00       0.00   0.06                              1       20     22    5     0.0        0.0    2.0                               1       20     22    27    0.00       0.00   0.10                              1       20     26    27    0.0        0.00   -0.09                             1       20     26    28    0.0        0.00   0.27                              1       32     22    15    4.97       6.13   5.47                              1       32     22    20    0.0        1.00   -0.56                             1       32     22    5     0.0        0.0    0.0                               1       32     31    20    -4.00      3.00   0.40                              1       32     31    28    -1.00      3.00   2.00                              2       1      3     9     0.00       -0.50  -1.70                             2       2      1     3     0.00       0.00   0.50                              2       6      1     3     0.00       0.00   -0.60                             2       6      1     5     0.00       0.00   0.53                              3       1      16    1     0.00       0.00   0.00                              3       1      32    22    -1.00      -0.08  0.40                              3       1      32    31    -1.00      -0.53  1.13                              3       9      20    5     0.00       0.00   0.51                              3       9      20    22    0.00       0.00   0.01                              3       9      20    31    -3.50      -0.05  -4.30                             3       16     16    15    -1.75      0.30   1.50                              3       16     32    22    -1.00      -0.80  0.40                              3       16     32    31    -1.00      -0.53  1.13                              5       1      3     16    0.00       0.00   0.00                              5       1      3     30    0.00       0.00   -0.09                             5       1      15    22    0.00       0.00   0.00                              5       1      16    15    0.00       0.00   0.40                              5       1      16    16    0.00       0.00   0.27                              5       1      20    9     0.00       0.49   0.16                              5       1      20    22    0.00       0.00   0.27                              5       1      20    26    0.00       0.00   0.16                              5       1      32    22    0.00       0.00   0.40                              5       1      32    31    0.00       0.00   0.04                              5       16     3     7     0.00       0.00   -0.04                             5       16     3     29    0.00       0.00   -0.04                             5       16     3     30    0.00       0.00   -0.09                             5       16     15    22    0.00       0.00   -0.10                             5       16     16    15    0.00       0.00   -0.80                             5       16     32    22    0.00       0.00   0.40                              5       16     32    31    0.00       0.00   0.04                              5       20     9     14    0.00       0.00   0.00                              5       20     22    5     0.00       0.00   1.30                              5       20     22    15    0.00       0.00   0.04                              5       20     22    32    0.00       0.00   0.10                              5       20     31    32    0.00       0.00   -0.09                             5       20     31    28    0.00       0.00   0.21                              5       22     15    16    0.00       0.00   0.00                              5       22     20    8     0.00       0.00   0.20                              5       22     20    9     0.00       0.00   0.20                              5       22     20    12    0.00       3.00   0.40                              5       22     20    13    0.00       5.00   0.20                              5       22     20    31    0.00       0.00   0.87                              5       22     32    16    0.00       0.00   0.00                              5       22     32    31    0.00       0.00   0.98                              6       1      3     7     0.00       0.00   -0.04                             6       1      3     9     0.00       0.00   -0.04                             7       3      9     20    0.00       7.19   0.00                              7       3      16    16    0.00       0.00   -0.04                             7       3      16    32    0.00       0.00   -0.04                             8       20     22    32    0.00       0.00   0.40                              8       20     31    32    -4.30      5.00   -1.50                             8       20     31    28    -3.50      3.00   8.00                              9       20     22    15    0.50       0.00   1.00                              9       20     22    32    0.00       0.00   0.40                              9       20     31    32    -4.30      5.00   -1.50                             9       20     31    28    -3.50      3.00   8.00                              12      20     22    15    0.00       0.00   0.04                              12      20     22    32    0.00       0.00   0.50                              12      20     31    32    0.00       0.00   -0.09                             12      20     31    28    0.00       0.00   0.21                              13      20     22    15    0.50       -2.75  3.00                              13      20     22    32    0.00       0.00   1.40                              13      20     31    32    -4.30      5.00   -1.50                             13      20     31    28    -1.50      5.00   8.00                              14      9      20    22    0.00       0.00   0.01                              14      9      20    26    0.00       0.00   0.01                              14      9      20    31    0.00       0.00   0.01                              15      1      16    16    1.68       1.10   -0.33                             15      16     16    32    -0.75      2.00   -0.90                             15      22     20    31    0.00       1.00   1.00                              15      22     32    16    -3.00      7.00   0.00                              15      22     32    31    0.00       1.00   0.30                              16      1      3     30    0.00       0.00   -0.35                             16      1      15    22    1.67       1.11   -0.18                             16      1      32    22    -1.00      -2.50  0.40                              16      1      32    31    -0.50      0.50   2.50                              16      15     22    20    -2.50      3.60   -3.00                             16      15     22    32    -2.50      3.00   -1.00                             16      16     1     3     0.00       0.00   0.90                              16      16     1     32    0.         0.     0.                                16      16     3     29    0.00       10.00  0.00                              16      16     3     30    0.00       10.00  0.00                              16      16     15    22    0.00       2.50   0.40                              16      16     32    22    6.34       8.05   3.16                              16      16     32    31    -3.34      6.00   0.00                              16      32     22    20    0.00       1.00   -0.50                             16      32     31    20    -4.00      3.00   0.40                              16      32     31    28    -1.00      3.00   2.00                              4    20     22     32  31    1.50       10.00  1.00                            4    20     31     32  22    -1.00      8.50   5.00                            4    22     20     31  32    -10.00     9.00   3.00                                 22     20     31  28    0.20       3.50   -2.50                                22     32     31  28    0.20       8.00   -4.70                           4    31     20     22  32    -2.65      6.10   0.20                            32      16     3     29    0.00       0.00   -0.06                             32      1      3     30    0.00       0.00   -0.09                             32      16     3     30    0.00       0.00   -0.09                             1       15           3.02        1.806                                         1       32           4.10        1.449                                         15      22           2.72        1.752                                         1       16           4.55        1.486                                         15      16           3.45        1.790                                         16      16           10.10       1.310                                         16      32           5.34        1.413                                         3       16           3.05        1.550                                         3       30           10.01       1.240                                         5       16           5.18        1.101                                         22      32           4.55        1.413                                         31      32           4.57        1.396                                         20      22           4.58        1.564                                         9       20           5.70        1.449                                         20      31           4.53        1.527                                         28      31           12.48       1.199                                         1       5            4.39        1.081                                         5       22           4.20        1.081                                         5       20           4.53        1.081                                         1       16           0.000                                                     3       16           5.872                                                     3       30           3.950                                                     5       20           0.000                                                     5       22           0.000                                                     9       20           0.000                                                     1       15           -1.347                                                    15      22           0.672                                                     15      16           0.755                                                     15      22           0.448                                                     1       32           0.756                                                     16      16           0.000                                                     16      32           1.192                                                     20      22           -0.343                                                    20      31           -1.628                                                    22      32           0.977                                                     31      32           2.117                                                     28      31           -1.659                                                            16           0.044       1.920                                                 20           0.044       1.920                                                 30           0.066       1.740                                                 31           0.044       1.920                                                 32           0.055       1.820                                                 28           0.066       1.740                                         1       3      16          0.40       115.00                                   1       3      30          0.64       116.50                                   1       6      2           0.77       110.80                                   1       8      20          0.63       110.00                                   1       15     22          0.76       96.00                                    1       16     1           0.74       113.90                                   1       16     1           0.45       111.20                                   1       16     1           0.45       112.40                                   1       16     5           0.36       109.40                                   1       16     15          0.22       109.80                                   1       16     16          1.05       122.00                                   1       32     22          0.97       127.00                                   2       32     31          0.95       136.70                                   3       1      6           0.70       106.00                                   3       1      32          0.83       108.40                                   3       9      20          0.53       121.20                                   3       16     5           0.45       107.90                                   3       16     16          0.59       113.90                                   3       16     32          0.83       111.30                                   5       1      16          0.36       109.40                                   5       1      5           0.39       110.60                                   5       1      15          0.44       108.30                                   5       1      16          0.46       106.00                                   5       1      32          0.36       110.00                                   5       16     15          0.47       112.00                                   5       16     16          0.47       113.36                                   5       16     32          0.58       100.00                                   5       20     8           0.36       98.90                                    5       20     9           0.54       98.90                                    5       20     22          0.50       115.10                                   5       20     31          0.38       112.20                                   5       22     15          0.36       107.90                                   5       22     20          0.49       114.10                                   5       22     32          0.55       118.00                                   7       3      16          0.86       110.60                                   8       20     22          0.56       117.30                                   8       20     31          0.56       115.00                                   9       20     22          0.74       118.70                                   9       20     31          0.73       116.50                                   12      20     13          1.03       111.11                                   12      20     22          0.35       115.30                                   12      20     31          0.35       114.70                                   13      20     22          0.36       117.70                                   13      20     31          0.36       110.50                                   14      9      20          0.53       137.90                                   15      1      16          1.09       117.00                                   15      16     16          1.07       131.10                                   15      22     20          0.39       116.00                                   15      22     32          0.62       111.00                                   16      1      3           0.67       112.70                                   16      1      32          1.04       110.60                                   16      3      30          1.17       116.50                                   16      15     22          1.04       97.60                                    16      16     32          1.16       120.00                                   16      32     22          0.97       126.10                                   16      32     31          0.41       134.00                                   4    20     22     32        1.17       88.30                                  4    20     31     32        0.94       90.30                                       20     31     28        0.69       138.00                                 4    22     20     31        1.24       85.80                                  4    22     32     31        1.01       94.60                                       30     3      30        0.85       126.00                                      32     31     28        0.67       132.00                                             3      16        0.80                                                          3      30        0.80                                                          9      20        0.05                                                          20     31        0.80                                                          31     32        0.80                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A second necessary requirement for the use of MMP2(85) is the provision of the initial set of cartesian coordinates. For small molecules, such as penicillins and cephalosporins, the coordinates of an experimental crystal structure can be used. Minimization with the appropriate parameters then leads to a calculated structure that reproduces the experimental structure. From this structure it is possible to proceed to other conformations and to the global minimum of the molecule by a series of dihedral drives around each of the dihedral angles of the molecule. This is an option available in MMP2(85), and it works well. However, such a strategy is impractical for the analysis of a peptide because of the very large number of dihedral angles that would have to be examined for any such molecule which contains more than two or three amino acid residues.

Therefore, the computer programme ECEPP (Empirical Conformational Energy Program for Peptides), which is available from QCPE, was modified to allow a random number generator to calculate the one-point energies of 200,000 initial structures containing permutations of the most probable backbone and dihedral angles. The fifty lowest energy structures identified in this manner are read out, minimized using a quadratic minimization procedure, and then converted to the MMP2(85) format for final minimization by the Newton-Raphson procedure. The objective of this initial search is to identify, for example, Damascus as a closer starting point than Tokyo in a search for the Dead Sea. This strategy has been tested extensively, works well, and has been applied to the treatment of a PBP, as described below.

With these procedures in place, an initial series of nine penicillins (1a-1i) was examined. Of these nine compounds, 1a-1d are highly active antibiotics widely used in medicine (ampicillin, syncillin, penicillin G, penicillin V), 1e-1f are significantly less active, and 1g-1i are biologically inactive. The conformational analyses of these compounds revealed that antibacterial activity is associated specifically with a three dimensional structure in which the carboxyl group and side chain N--H project onto the convex face, and engage in hydrogen bonding lock and key interactions with the receptor, i.e., the PBP. ##STR10##

Next a conformational analysis was performed on the cephalosporins 2a-2c. Each of these has the phenoxyacetyl side chain, and can therefore be compared to penicillin V (1d). The Δ³ -isomer 2a is biologically active, but undergoes a facile equilibration with the Δ² -isomer 2b, which is biologically inactive. The reason for the lack of activity of 2b has not previously been established, but it has been suggested that the 4-epi-Δ² -isomer 2c would exhibit a better fit to the PBP receptor, and possess antibacterial activity. However, such compounds are also inactive. The reason for this lack of activity is, therefore, also unknown.

Each of 2a-2c, like the penicillins 1a-1d, is found to prefer a conformation in which the side chain N--H occupies the convex face of the molecule. As with the penicillins, it can thus be postulated that lock and key interactions with the receptor involve primary binding by the carboxyl group and this side chain N--H. ##STR11##

The active site serine D-alanyl carboxypeptidase-transpeptidase of Streptomyces R61 has been crystallized with incorporation of β-lactam compounds, and the crystal structure has been partially solved. The pH-dependence of the same enzyme has also been examined. Both kinds of studies suggest that the carboxyl group of a penicillin is closely associated with the protonated terminal amino group of the lysine residue of X-X-Lys. The crystal structure confirms that, in the complex, the β-lactam ring of penicillin is in close proximity to the active site serine; the pH-dependence study rules out involvement of a histidine residue in the chemical process, in contrast to the behaviour of chymotrypsin and related serine proteases. This result means that the serine O--H participates in the chemical reaction with the substrate.

These observations suggest that a valid model of the active site of a PBP can be obtained in terms of the amino acids that surround the unique serine residue, i.e., in this case, Val-Gly-Ser-Val-Thr-Lys. Accordingly, the peptide Ac-Val-Gly-Ser-Val-Thr-Lys-NH-CH₃ was subjected to an ECEPP search of 200,000 initial structures, followed by MMP2(85) refinement of 50 low energy structures identified in this search. One low energy structure having the lysine and serine side chains in proximity was found. This structure is characterized by the set of dihedral angles summarized in Table 4, and is shown as FIG. 1.

                                      TABLE 4                                      __________________________________________________________________________     Dihedral angles of the model of the active site of the PBP of                  Streptomyces R61                                                               Dihedral angle (deg)                                                           Residue                                                                             φ                                                                              ψ                                                                               ω                                                                            χ.sup.1                                                                        χ.sup.2                                                                        χ.sup.3                                                                        χ.sup.4                                                                       χ.sup.5                                   __________________________________________________________________________     Ac            180                                                              Val  -72 121  180 -60 178 180                                                  Gly  160 -179 178                                                              Ser  79  -62  -177                                                                               -55 62                                                       Val  72  -86  177 -52 180 180                                                  Thr  -71 152  176 -172                                                                               176 -179                                                 Lys  -69 -47  179 -179                                                                               62  176 180                                                                               180                                           __________________________________________________________________________

The structure of FIG. 1 has several features of interest. The convex face is mainly hydrophobic, and the concave face, which includes the serine and lysine side chains, is mainly hydrophilic. The concave face also contains the amide oxygen of the N-terminal acetyl group. These three sites are noted on FIG. 1 as S (serine), L (lysine) and A (acetyl). The existence of a lock and key relationship between the concave face of FIG. 1 and the previously determined convex face of penicillin and cephalosporin now seems clear. In terms of such a relationship, contact is required between the carboxyl group of the antibiotic and the terminal amino group of lysine, and also between the side chain N--H of the antibiotic and the acetyl oxygen.

The construction of a supermolecule in which the receptor is docked to a substrate through NH₃ ⁺. . . ⁻ O₂ C and N--H . . . O═C hydrogen bonds is, therefore, desirable. To obtain the structure and energy of such a supermolecule using MMP2(85), it is necessary to devise a procedure for the generation of a starting set of cartesian coordinates.

A computer programme has been written based on the following approach to the problem. Let A refer to a receptor molecule containing N₁ atoms, and B a substrate molecule containing N₂ atoms, which is to be docked to A. We assume that the geometries of A and B are known in Cartesian or internal coordinates, and that transformation between the two types of coordinate systems is possible. We thus begin with (3N₁ -6) and (3N₂ -6) predetermined internal coordinates. To describe the geometry of the supermolecule containing (N₁ +N₂) atoms requires 3(N₁ +N₂)-6 internal coordinates, i.e., six new internal coordinates must be determined and minimized. These comprise, typically, one bond length, two bond angles, and three dihedral angles, and they may be termed "intermolecular" internal coordinates.

To use the computer programme, summarized in Table 5, one of the desired hydrogen bonding interactions is selected, and its distance set at 1.7-2.5 Å, a typical intermolecular hydrogen bonding distance. Initial values are then given to the five remaining variables, and the energy is minimized, with the second hydrogen bond distance as a probe. The geometry of the resulting supermolecule, now expressed in Cartesian coordinates, is considered appropriate for MMP2(85) minimization when the second hydrogen bond distance is 1.7-2.5 Å.

                                      TABLE 5                                      __________________________________________________________________________     PROGRAMME FOR DOCKING OF TWO MOLECULES                                         __________________________________________________________________________                                                      SUP00010                                                                       SUP00020                                                                       SUP00030                      PARAMETER (NT = 150)                             SUP00040                      PARAMETER (NG = 300)                             SUP00050                      CHARACTER*2 ASYM, TITLE                          SUP00060                      INTEGER TYPEA, TYPEB, TYP                        SUP00070                      COMMON/COOD/COORD(3, NG), CHARGE(NG)             SUP00080                      COMMON/TYPE/TYPEA(NT), TYPEB(NT), TYP(NG)        SUP00090                      COMMON/SYMM/ASYM(NG), TITLE(40)                  SUP00100                      COMMON/PARAM/VEP(NG), VRA(NG)                    SUP00110                      COMMON/CORD/XA(NT), YA(NT), ZA(NT), XB(NT), YB(NT), ZB(NT)                                                                      SUP00120                      COMMON/FINAL/TXB(NT), TYB(NT), TZB(NT), CA(NT), CB(NT)                                                                          SUP00130                      COMMON/INFO/NA, NB, IP1, IP2, IP3, IP4, R1, R2, CIP2, CIP4,                                                                     SUP00140                      COMMON/PATH/MYWAY                                SUP00150                      DIMENSION X(5), E(5)                             SUP00160                      DATA E/5*0.01/                                   SUP00170                      READ(8, 10) TITLE                                SUP00180                      FORMAT(40A2)                                     SUP00190                      READ(8, *) IP1, IP2, IP3, IP4, MYWAY, R1, R2, SC SUP00200                      MYWAY = 1: DISTANCE                              SUP00210                      MYWAY = 2: ENERGY                                SUP00220                      SC = SPECIAL CHARGE                              SUP00230                      CALL COMBIN(NA, NB)                              SUP00240                      READ(8, *) THETA, PI, XROT, YROT, ZROT, SCALE, JCON, EE1                                                                        SUP00250                      E(1) = EE1                                       SUP00260                      E(2) = EE1                                       SUP00270                      E(3) = EE1                                       SUP00280                      E(4) = EE1                                       SUP00290                      E(5) = EE1                                       SUP00300                      READ(5, *) (E(I), I = 1, 5)                      SUP00310                      SPECIAL CHARGE FOR IP2 AND IP4                   SUP00320                      CIP2 = SC                                        SUP00330                      CIP4 = -SC                                       SUP00340                      IPRINT = 1                                       SUP00350                      ICON = 1                                         SUP00360                      CONVERT DEGREE TO RADIAN                         SUP00370                      DEGREE = 57.29577951D0                           SUP00380                      X(1) = THETA/DEGREE                              SUP00390                      X(2) = PI/DEGREE                                 SUP00400                      X(3) = XROT/DEGREE                               SUP00410                      X(4 )= YROT/DEGREE                               SUP00420                      X(5) = ZROT/DEGREE                               SUP00430                      NVAR = 5                                         SUP00440                                                                       SUP00450                      READ COORDINATE WITH MM FORMAT                   SUP00460                      READ(4, 20) (XA(I), YA(I), ZA(I), TYPEA(I), I = 1, NA)                                                                          SUP00470                      FORMAT(2(3F10.5, 15, 5X))                        SUP00480                      READ(5, 20) (XB(I), YB(I), ZB(I), TYPEB(I), I = 1, NB)                                                                          SUP00490                      CALL SYMBOL                                      SUP00500                      CALL IWRITE                                      SUP00510                      CALL PARM                                        SUP00520                      CALL CHARG                                       SUP00530                                                                       SUP00540                      WRITE(6, 22) (CHARGE (I), I = 1, 12)             SUP00550                      FORMAT(3X, 6F10.4)                               SUP00560                                                                       SUP00570                      CALL OPTIM(X, NVAR, SCALE, IPRINT, ICON, E)      SUP00580                                                                       SUP00590                      CONVERT RADIAN TO DEGREE                         SUP00600                      DO 30 J = 1, 5                                   SUP00610                      X(J) = X(J)*DEGREE                               SUP00620                      WRITE(6, 35) X                                   SUP00630                      FORMAT(4X, `OPTIMIZED THETA-PI-X-Y-Z ANGLES`, //, 3X, 5(F10.5,                                                                  SUP00640                      WRITE BOND DISTANCE BETWEEN IP2 AND IP4          SUP00650                      X1 = XA(IP2)                                     SUP00660                      Y1 = YA(IP2)                                     SUP00670                      Z1 = ZA(IP2)                                     SUP00680                      X2 = TXB(IP4)                                    SUP00690                      Y2 = TYB(IP4)                                    SUP00700                      Z2 = TZB(IP4)                                    SUP00710                      R12 = DIST(X1, Y1, Z1, X2, Y2, Z2)               SUP00720                      WRITE(6, 40) IP2, IP4, R12                       SUP00730                      DO 50 K = 1, NA                                  SUP00740                      COORD(1, K) = XA(K)                              SUP00750                      COORD(2, K) = YA(K)                              SUP00760                      COORD(3, K) = ZA(K)                              SUP00770                      CONTINUE                                         SUP00780                      NTOT = NA + NB                                   SUP00790                      DO 60 KK = 1, NB                                 SUP00800                      COORD(1, NA + KK) = TXB(KK)                      SUP00810                      COORD(2, NA + KK) = TYB(KK)                      SUP00820                      COORD(3, NA + KK) = TZB(KK)                      SUP00830                      CONTINUE                                         SUP00840                      FORMAT(//, `BOND LENGTH BETWEEN `,I3,` OF A AND `,I4,` OF B                                                                     SUP00850                      1, F10.5, `ANGSTROM`, //)                        SUP00860                                                                       SUP00870                      CALL CHEMG(NTOT)                                 SUP00880                      CALL MMDATA                                      SUP00890                      WRITE FINAL CARTESIAN COORDINATE FOR CHEMGRAF    SUP00900                      WRITE(6, `(//10X, "FINAL CARTESIAN COORDINATES",/)`0                                                                            SUP00910                      WRITE(6, `(4X, "NO.", 7X, "ATOM", 9X, "X",       SUP00920                      1 9X, "Y", 9X, "Z",/)`)                          SUP00930                      WRITE(6, `(I6, 8X, A2, 4X, 3F10.5)`)             SUP00940                      1 (I, ASYM(I), (COORD(J, I), J = 1, 3), I = 1, NTOT)                                                                            SUP00950                                                                       SUP00960                      STOP                                             SUP00970                      END                                              SUP00980                      ROUTINE FOR OUTPUT IF INITIAL COORDINATES        SUP00990                      SUBROUTINE IWRITE                                SUP01000                      PARAMETER (NT = 150)                             SUP01010                      PARAMETER (NG = 300)                             SUP01020                      CHARACTER*2 ASYM TITLE                           SUP01030                      INTEGER TYPEA, TYPEB TYP                         SUP01040                      COMMON/COOD/ COORD(3, NG), CHARGE(NG)            SUP01050                      COMMON/TYPE/TYPEA(NT), TYPEB(NT), TYP(NG)        SUP01060                      COMMON/SYMM/ASYM(NG), TITLE(40)                  SUP01070                      COMMON/CORD/XA(NT), YA(NT), ZA(NT), XB(NT), YB(NT), ZB(NT)                                                                      SUP01080                      COMMON/FINAL/TXB(NT), TYB(NT), TZB(NT), CA(NT), CB(NT)                                                                          SUP01090                      COMMONIINFO/NA, NB, IP1, IP2, IP3, IP4, R1, R2, CIP2, CIP4,                                                                     SUP01100                      WRITE(6, 15) TITLE                               SUP01110                      FORMAT(1H1, /////,                               SUP01120                      1 10X, `******************************************`,/,                                                                          SUP01130                      2 10X, `COORDINATES OF SUPERMOLECULE`,/,         SUP01140                      3 15X, 40A2,/,                                   SUP01150                      4 10X, `******************************************`)                                                                            SUP01160                      WRITE CARTESIAN COORDINATE                       SUP01170                      WRITE(6, `(//10X, "INITIAL CARTESIAN COORDINATES OF A ",/)`)                                                                    SUP01180                      WRITE(6, `(4X, "NO.", 7X, "ATOM", 9X, "X",       SUP01190                      1 9X, "Y", 9X, "Z",/)`)                          SUP01200                      WRITE(6, `(I6, 8X, A2, 4X, 3F10.5)`)             SUP01210                      1 (I, ASYM(I), XA(I), YA(I), ZA(I), I = 1, NA)   SUP01220                                                                       SUP01230                      WRITE(6, `(////10X, "INITIAL CARTESIAN COORDINATES OF B                                                                         SUP01240                      WRITE(6, `(4X, "NO.", 7X, "ATOM", 9X, "X",       SUP01250                      1 9X, "Y", 9X, "2",/)`)                          SUP01260                      WRITE(6, `(I6, 8X, A2, 4X, 3F10.5)`)             SUP01270                      1 (I, ASYM(NA + I), XB(I), YB(I), ZB(I), I = 1, NB)                                                                             SUP01280                      WRITE(6, `(///)`)                                SUP01290                      RETURN                                           SUP01300                      END                                              SUP01310                      SUBROUTINE OPTIM (X, N, ESCALE, IPRINT, ICON, E) SUP01320                      PARAMETER (NT = 150)                             SUP01330                      DIMENSION W(1000), X(5), E(5)                    SUP01340                      MAXIT = 100                                      SUP01350                      DDMAG = 0.1*ESCALE                               SUP01360                      SCER = 0.05/ESCALE                               SUP01370                      JJ = N*N + N                                     SUP01380                      JJJ = JJ + N                                     SUP01390                      K = N + 1                                        SUP01400                      NFCC = 1                                         SUP01410                      IND = 1                                          SUP01420                      INN = 1                                          SUP01430                      DO 1 I = 1, N                                    SUP01440                      DO 2 J = 1, N                                    SUP01450                      W(K) = 0.                                        SUP01460                      IF(I - J)4, 3, 4                                 SUP01470                      W(K) = ABS(E(I))                                 SUP01480                      W(I) = ESCALE                                    SUP01490                      K = K + 1                                        SUP01500                      CONTINUE                                         SUP01510                      CONTINUE                                         SUP01520                      ITERC = 1                                        SUP01530                      ISCRAD = 2                                       SUP01540                      CALL CALCFX(N, X, F, EVV, ECO, EIDS)             SUP01550                      FKEEP = ABS(F) + ABS(F)                          SUP01560                      ITONE = 1                                        SUP01570                      FP = F                                           SUP01580                      SUM = 0.                                         SUP01590                      IXP = JJ                                         SUP01600                      DO 6 I = 1, N                                    SUP01610                      IXP = IXP + 1                                    SUP01620                      W(IXP) = X(I)                                    SUP01630                      CONTINUE                                         SUP01640                      IDIRN = N + 1                                    SUP01650                      ILINE = 1                                        SUP01660                      DMAX = W(ILINE)                                  SUP01670                      DACC = DMAX*SCER                                 SUP01680                      DMAG = MIN (DDMAG, 0.1*DMAX)                     SUP01690                      DMAG = MAX(DMAG, 20.*DACC)                       SUP01700                      DDMAX = 10.*DMAG                                 SUP01710                      GO TO (70, 70, 71), ITONE                        SUP01720                      DL = 0.                                          SUP01730                      D = DMAG                                         SUP01740                      FPREV = F                                        SUP01750                      IS = 5                                           SUP01760                      FA = F                                           SUP01770                      DA = DL                                          SUP01780                      DD = D - DL                                      SUP01790                      DL = D                                           SUP01800                      K = IDIRN                                        SUP01810                      DO 9 I = 1, N                                    SUP01820                      X(I) = X(I) + DD*W(K)                            SUP01830                      K = K + 1                                        SUP01840                      CONTINUE                                         SUP01850                      CALL CALCFX(N, X, F, EVV, ECO, EDIS)             SUP01860                      NFCC = NFCC + 1                                  SUP01870                      GO TO (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 96), IS               SUP01880                      IF(F - FA)15, 16, 24                             SUP01890                      IF (ABS(D) - DMAX) 17, 17, 18                    SUP01900                      D = D + D                                        SUP01910                      GO TO 8                                          SUP01920                      WRITE(6, 19)                                     SUP01930                      FORMAT(5X, 44NVA04A MAXIMUM CHANGE DOES NOT ALTER FUNCTION)                                                                     SUP01940                      GO TO 500                                        SUP01950                      FB = F                                           SUP01960                      DB = D                                           SUP01970                      GO TO 21                                         SUP01980                      FB = FA                                          SUP01990                      DB = DA                                          SUP02000                      FA = F                                           SUP02010                      DA = D                                           SUP02020                      GO TO (83, 23), ISGRAD                           SUP02030                      D = DB + DB - DA                                 SUP02040                      IS = 1                                           SUP02050                      GO TO 8                                          SUP02060                      D = 0.5*(DA + DB - (FA - FB)/(DA - DB))          SUP02070                      IS = 4                                           SUP02080                      IF((DA - D)*(D - DB))25, 8, 8                    SUP02090                      IS = 1                                           SUP02100                      IF(ABS(D - DB) - DDMAX)8, 8, 26                  SUP02110                      D = DB + SIGN(DDMAX, DB - DA)                    SUP02120                      IS = 1                                           SUP02130                      DDMAX = DDMAX + DDMAX                            SUP02140                      DDMAG = DDMAG + DDMAG                            SUP02150                      IF(DDMAX - DMAX)8, 8, 27                         SUP02160                      DDMAX = DMAX                                     SUP02170                      GO TO 8                                          SUP02180                      IF(F - FA)28, 23, 23                             SUP02190                      FC = FB                                          SUP02200                      DC = DB                                          SUP02210                      FB = F                                           SUP02220                      DB = D                                           SUP02230                      GO TO 30                                         SUP02240                      IF(F - FB)28, 28, 31                             SUP02250                      FA = F                                           SUP02260                      DA = D                                           SUP02270                      GO TO 30                                         SUP02280                      IF(F - FB)32, 10, 10                             SUP02290                      FA = FB                                          SUP02300                      DA = DB                                          SUP02310                      GO TO 29                                         SUP02320                      DL = 1.                                          SUP02330                      DDMAX = 5.                                       SUP02340                      FA = FP                                          SUP02350                      DA = -1.                                         SUP02360                      FB = FHOLD                                       SUP02370                      DB = 0.                                          SUP02380                      D = 1.                                           SUP02390                      FC = F                                           SUP02400                      DC = D                                           SUP02410                      A = (DB - DC)*(FA - FC)                          SUP02420                      B = (DC - DA)*(FB - FC)                          SUP02430                      IF((A*B)*(DA - DC))33, 33, 34                    SUP02440                      FA = FB                                          SUP02450                      DA = DB                                          SUP02460                      FB = FC                                          SUP02470                      DB = DC                                          SUP02480                      GO TO 26                                         SUP02490                      D = 0.5*(A*(DB + DC) + B*(DA + DC))/(A + B)      SUP02500                      DI = DB                                          SUP02510                      FI = FB                                          SUP02520                      IF(FB-FC)44, 44, 43                              SUP02530                      DI = DC                                          SUP02540                      FI = FC                                          SUP02550                      GO TO (86, 86, 85), ITONE                        SUP02560                      ITONE = 2                                        SUP02570                      GO TO 45                                         SUP02580                      IF (ABS(D - DI) - DACC) 41, 41, 93               SUP02590                      IF (ABS (D - DI) - 0.03*ABS(D)) 41, 41, 45       SUP02600                      IF (DA - DC)*(DC - D)) 47, 46, 46                SUP02610                      FA = FB                                          SUP02620                      DA = DB                                          SUP02630                      FB = FC                                          SUP02640                      DB = DC                                          SUP02650                      GO TO 25                                         SUP02660                      IS = 2                                           SUP02670                      IF ((DB - D)*(D - DC)) 48, 8, 8                  SUP02680                      IS = 3                                           SUP02690                      GO TO 8                                          SUP02700                      F = FI                                           SUP02710                      D = DI - DL                                      SUP02720                      DD = SQRT((DC - DB)*(DC - DA)*(DA - DB)/(A + B)) SUP02730                      DO 49 I = 1, N                                   SUP02740                      X(I) = X(I) + D*W(IDIRN)                         SUP02750                      W(IDIRN) = DD*W(IDIRN)                           SUP02760                      IDIRN = IDIRN + 1                                SUP02770                      CONTINUE                                         SUP02780                      W(ILINE) = W(ILINE)/DD                           SUP02790                      ILINE = ILINE + 1                                SUP02800                      IF(IPRINT - 1)51, 50, 51                         SUP02810                      WRITE(6, 52)ITERC, NFCC, F                       SUP02820                      WRITE(7, 52)ITERC, NFCC, F                       SUP02830                      FORMAT (3X, `ITERATION`, I5, I9, `FUNCTION VALUE = `, F15.8)                                                                    SUP02840                      WRITE(6, 68) EVV, ECO, EDIS                      SUP02850                      WRITE(7, 68) EVV, ECO, EDIS                      SUP02860                      FORMAT(3X, `REP. = `, F12.5,` ATT. = , `F12.5,` R = `, F10.4)                                                                   SUP02870                      GO TO(51, 53), IPRINT                            SUP02880                      GO TO (55, 38), ITONE                            SUP02890                      IF (FPREV - F - SUM) 94, 95, 95                  SUP02900                      SUM = FPREV - F                                  SUP02910                      JIL = ILINE                                      SUP02920                      IF (IDIRN - JJ) 7, 7, 84                         SUP02930                      GO TO (92, 72), IND                              SUP02940                      FHOLD = F                                        SUP02950                      IS = 6                                           SUP02960                      IXP = JJ                                         SUP02970                      DO 59 I = 1, N                                   SUP02980                      IXP = IXP + 1                                    SUP02990                      W(IXP) = X(I) - W(IXP)                           SUP03000                      CONTINUE                                         SUP03010                      DD = 1.                                          SUP03020                      GO TO 58                                         SUP03030                      GO TO (112, 87), IND                             SUP03040                      IF (FP - F) 37, 91, 91                           SUP03050                      D = 2.*(FP*F - 2.*FHOLD)/(FP - F)**2             SUP03060                      IF (D*(FP - FHOLD - SUM)**2 - SUM) 87, 37, 37    SUP03070                      J = JIL*N + 1                                    SUP03080                      IF (J - JJ) 60, 60, 61                           SUP03090                      DO 62 I = J, JJ                                  SUP03100                      K = I - N                                        SUP03110                      W(K) = W(I)                                      SUP03120                      CONTINUE                                         SUP03130                      DO 97 I = JIL, N                                 SUP03140                      W(I - 1) = W(I)                                  SUP03150                      CONTINUE                                         SUP03160                      IDIRN = IDIRN - N                                SUP03170                      ITONE = 3                                        SUP03180                      K = IDIRN                                        SUP03190                      IXP = JJ                                         SUP03200                      AAA = 0.                                         SUP03210                      DO 65 I = 1, N                                   SUP03220                      IXP = IXP + 1                                    SUP03230                      W(K) = W(IXP)                                    SUP03240                      IF (AAA - ABE(W(K)/E(I))) 66, 67, 67             SUP03250                      AAA = ABS(W(K)/E(I))                             SUP03260                      K = K - 1                                        SUP03270                      CONTINUE                                         SUP03280                      DDMAG = 1.                                       SUP03290                      W(N) = ESCALE/AAA                                SUP03300                      ILINE = N                                        SUP03310                      GO TO 7                                          SUP03320                      IXP = JJ                                         SUP03330                      AAA = 0.                                         SUP03340                      F = FHOLD                                        SUP03350                      DO 99 I = 1, N                                   SUP03360                      IXP = IXP + 1                                    SUP03370                      X(I) = X(I) - W(IXP)                             SUP03380                      IF (AAA*ABS(E(I)) - ABS(W(IXP))) 98, 99, 99      SUP03390                      AAA = ABS(W(IXP)/E(I))                           SUP03400                      CONTINUE                                         SUP03410                      GO TO 72                                         SUP03420                      AAA = AAA*(1. + DI)                              SUP03430                      GO TO (72, 106), IND                             SUP03440                      IF (IPRINT - 2) 53, 50, 50                       SUP03450                      GO TO (109, 88), IND                             SUP03460                      IF (AAA - 0.1) 89, 89, 76                        SUP03470                      GO TO (20, 116), ICON                            SUP03480                      IND = 2                                          SUP03490                      GO TO (100, 101), INN                            SUP03500                      INN = 2                                          SUP03510                      K = JJJ                                          SUP03520                      DO 102 I = 1, N                                  SUP03530                      K = K + 1                                        SUP03540                      W(K) = X(I)                                      SUP03550                      X(I) = X(I) + 10.*E(I)                           SUP0356O                      CONTINUE                                         SUP03570                      FKEEP = F                                        SUP03580                      CALL CALCFX(N, X, F, EVV, ECO, EDIS)             SUP03590                      NFCC = NFCC + 1                                  SUP03600                      DDMAG = 0                                        SUP03610                      GO TO 108                                        SUP03620                      IF (F - FP) 35, 78, 78                           SUP03630                      WRITE(6, 80)                                     SUP03640                      FORMAT (5X, 37HVA04A ACCURACY LIMITED BY ERRORS IN F)                                                                           SUP03650                      GO TO 500                                        SUP03660                      IND = 1                                          SUP03670                      DDMAC = 0.4*SQRT(FP - F)                         SUP03680                      IF(DDMAG.GE.1.0EG0) DDMAG = 1.0E60               SUP03690                      ISCRAD = 1                                       SUP03700                      ITERC = ITERC + 1                                SUP03710                      IF (ITERC - MAXIT) 5, 5, 81                      SUP03720                      WRITE(6, 82)MAXIT                                SUP03730                      FORMAT(15, 30H ITERATIONS COMPLETED BY VA04A)    SUP03740                      IF (F - FKEEP) 500, 500, 110                     SUP03750                      F = FKEEP                                        SUP03760                      DO 111 I = 1, N                                  SUP03770                      JJJ = JJJ4 - 1                                   SUP03780                      X(I) = W(JJJ)                                    SUP03790                      CONTINUE                                         SUP03800                      GO TO 20                                         SUP03810                      JIL = 1                                          SUP03820                      FP = FKEEP                                       SUP03830                      IF (F - FKEEP) 105, 78, 104                      SUP03840                      JIL = 2                                          SUP03850                      FP = F                                           SUP03860                      F = FKEEP                                        SUP03870                      IXP = JJ                                         SUP03890                      DO 113 I = 1, N                                  SUP03890                      IXP = IXP + 1                                    SUP03900                      K = IXP + N                                      SUP03910                      GO TO (114, 115), JIL                            SUP03920                      W(IXP) = W(K)                                    SUP03930                      GO TO 113                                        SUP03940                      W(IXP) = X(I)                                    SUP03550                      X(I) = W(K)                                      SUP03960                      CONTINUE                                         SUP03970                      JIL = 2                                          SUP03980                      GO TO 92                                         SUP03990                      IF (AAA - 0.1) 20, 20, 107                       SUP04000                      WRITE(6, 200)                                    SUP04010                      WRITE(6, 201)                                    SUP04020                      WRITE(7, 201)                                    SUP04030                      FORMAT(5X, `THE FUNCTION VALUE HAS BEEN MINIMIZED.`)                                                                            SUP04040                      WRITE(6, 200)                                    SUP04050                      FORMAT(/1X, `********************************************`/)                                                                    SUP04060                      RETURN                                           SUP04070                      INN = 1                                          SUP04080                      GO TO 35                                         SUP04090                      END                                              SUP04100                                                                       SUP04110                      SUBROUTINE PARM                                  SUP04120                      PARAMETER (NT = 150)                             SUP04130                      PARAMETER (NG = 300)                             SUP04140                      CHARACTER*2 ASYM, TITLE                          SUP04150                      INTEGER TYPEA, TYPEB TYP                         SUP04160                      COMMON/PARAM/VEP(NG), VRA(NG)                    SUP04170                      COMMON/rNFO/NA, NB, IP1, IP2, IP3, IP4, R1, R2, CIP2, CIP4,                                                                     SUP04180                      COMMON/TYPE/TYPEA(NT), TYPEB(NT), TYP(NG)        SUP04190                      DIMENSION VEPS(60), VRAD(60)                     SUP04200                                                                       SUP04210                      DATA VRAD/                                       SUP04220                      1 1.900, 1.940, 1.940, 1.940, 1.500, 1.740, 1.740, 1.820, 1.820,                                                                SUP04230                      2 -1.0, 1.780, 1.740, 1.900, 0.930, 2.110, 1.920, -1.0,                                                                         SUP04240                      3 1.820, 1.920, 1.200, 1.920, 1.325, 0.900, 1.25, 1.820,                                                                        SUP04250                      4 1.740, 1.90, 1.780, 1.92, 1.82, -1.0 , -1.0 , -1.0, -1.0 ,                                                                    SUP04260                      5 -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0 , -1.0, -1.0, 17* - 1.0/                                                                               SUP04270                      DATA VEPS/                                       SUP04280                      1 0.044, 0.044, 0.044, 0.044, 0.047, 0.050, 0.066, 0.055,                                                                       SUP04290                      2 -1.0, 0.066, 0.050, 0.030, 0.017, 0.202, 0.044, -1.0,                                                                         SUP04300                      3 0.055, 0.044, 0.036, 0.044, 0.034, 0.015, 0.036, 0.055,                                                                       SUP04310                      4 0.066, 0.044, 0.066, 0.044, 0.055, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0 , -1.0,                                                                   SUP04320                      5 -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, 17* - 1.0/ SUP04330                      IF(JCON.GT.0) THEN                               SUP04340                      DO 10 J = 1, JCON                                SUP04350                      READ(5, *) ITYPE, EPS, RAD                       SUP04360                      VEPS(ITYPE) = EPS                                SUP04370                      VRAD(ITYPE) = RAD                                SUP04380                      CONTINUE                                         SUP04390                      ENDIF                                            SUP04400                      DO 20 I = 1, NA                                  SUP04410                      VEP(I) = VEPS(TYPEA(I))                          SUP04420                      IF(VEP(I).LE - 0.0) THEN                         SUP04430                      WRITE(7, 25) TYPEA(I)                            SUP04440                      ENDIF                                            SUP04450                      VRA(I) = VRAD(TYPEA(I))                          SUP04460                      TF(VRA(I).LE.0.0) THEN                           SUP04470                      WRITE(7, 25) TYPEA(L)                            SUP04480                      FORMAT(4X, `CHECK YOUR VAN DER WAAL DATA OF ATOM TYPE`,                                                                         SUP04490                      ENDIF                                            SUP04500                      CONTINUE                                         SUP04510                                                                       SUP04520                      DO 30 I1 = 1, NB                                 SUP04530                      VEP(NA + I) = VEPS(TYPEB(I))                     SUP04540                      IF(VEP(NA + I).LE - 0.0) THEN                    SUP04550                      WRITE(7, 25) TYPEB(I)                            SUP04560                      ENNDIF                                           SUP04570                      VRA(NA + I) = VRAD(TYL)EB(I))                    SUP04580                      IF(VRA(NA + I).LE.0.0) THEN                      SUP04590                      WRITE(7, 25) TYPEB(I)                            SUP04600                      ENDIF                                            SUP04610                      CONTINUE                                         SUP04620                      RETURN                                           SUP04630                      END                                              SUP04640                      SUBROUTINE ENERGY(ETOT, EV, ETOT1, EDIS)         SUP04650                      FUNCTION PROGRAM FOR SUPER-MOLECULE              SUP04660                      PARAMETER (NT = 150)                             SUP04670                      PARAMETER (NG = 300)                             SUP04680                      CHARACTER*2 ASYM, TITLE                          SUP04690                      INTEGER TYPEA, TYPEB, TYP                        SUP04700                      COMMON/COOD/COORD(3, NG), CHARGE(NG)             SUP04710                      COMMON/TYPE/TYPEA(NT), TYPEB(NT) TYP(NG)         SUP04720                      COMMON/CORD/XA(NT)*YA(NT), ZA(NT), XB(NT), YB(NT), ZB(NT)                                                                       SUP04730                      COMMON/FINAL/TXB(NT), TYB(NT), TZB(NT), CA(NT), CB(NT)                                                                          SUP04740                      COMMON/PARAM/VEP(NG), VRA(NG)                    SUP04750                      COMMON/INFO/NA, NB, IP1, IP2, IP3, IP4, R1, R2, CIP2, CIP4,                                                                     SUP04760                      COMMON/PATH/MYWAY                                SUP04770                      CALCULATION OF VAN DER WALLS ENERGY(ONLY 1-5 AND HIGHTER                                                                        SUP04780                      DIELC = 78.5                                     SUP04790                      GO TO (1, 2), MYWAY                              SUP04800                      X1 = XA(IP2)                                     SUP04810                      Y1 = YA(IP2)                                     SUP04820                      Z1 = ZA(IP2)                                     SUP04830                      X2 = TXB(IP4)                                    SUP04840                      Y2 = TYB(IP4)                                    SUP04850                      Z2 = TZB(IP4)                                    SUP04860                      ETOT1 = DIST(X1, Y1, Z1, X2, Y2, Z2)             SUP04870                      ETOT1= ABS(ETOT1 - R2) *500.0                    SUP04880                      IF(MYWAY.EQ.1) THEN                              SUP04890                      ETOT = ETOT1                                     SUP04900                      RETURN                                           SUP04910                      ENDIF                                            SUP04920                                                                       SUP04930                      EV = 0.0                                         SUP04940                      EC = 0.0                                         SUP04950                      DO 500 I = 1, NA                                 SUP04960                      XI = XA(I)                                       SUP04970                      YI = YA(I)                                       SUP04980                      ZI = ZA(I)                                       SUP04990                      DO 500 K = 1, NB                                 SUP05000                      XK = TXB(K)                                      SUP05010                      YK = TYB(K)                                      SUP05020                      ZK = TZB(K)                                      SUP05030                      RIK = DIST(XI, YI, ZI, XK, YK, 2K)               SUP05040                      ECOUL = 332.0*CHARGE(I)*CHARGE(NA + K)/(DIELC*RIK)                                                                              SUP05050                      VEPI = VEP(I)                                    SUP05060                      VEPK = VEP(NA + K)                               SUP05070                      VRAI = VRA(I)                                    SUP05080                      VRAK = VRA(NA + K)                               SUP05090                      EPS = SQRT(VEPI*VEPK)                            SUP05100                      RV = VRAI + VRAK                                 SUP05110                      P = RV/RIK                                       SUP05120                      IF(P.GT.3.31) GO TO 30                           SUP05130                      IF(P.LT.0.072) THEN                              SUP05140                      E = EPS*(-2.25*p**6)                             SUP05150                      GO TO 35                                         SUP05160                      ENDIF                                            SUP05170                      E = EPS*(290000.0*EXP(-1.2.5/P) - 2.25*P**G)     SUP05180                      GO TO 40                                         SUP05190                      E = EPS*33G.176*p*p                              SUP05200                      CONTINUE                                         SUP05210                      EV = EV + E                                      SUP0520                       EC = EC - ECOUL                                  SUP05230                      CONTINUE                                         SUP05240                      ETOT = EV + ETOT1 + EC                           SUP05250                      ETOT = FV + ETOT1                                SUP05260                      X1 = XA(IP2)                                     SUP05270                      Y1 = YA(IP2)                                     SUP05280                      Z1 = ZA(IP2)                                     SUP05290                      X2 = TXB(IP4)                                    SUP05300                      Y2 = TYB(IP4)                                    SUP05310                      Z2 = TZB(IP4)                                    SUP05320                      EDIS = DIST(X1, Y1, Z1, X2, Y2, Z2)              SUP05330                      RETURN                                           SUP05340                      END                                              SUP05350                      FUNCTION DIST                                    SUP05360                      FUNCTION DIST(X1, Y1, Z1, X2, Y2, Z2)            SUP05370                      X = X1 - X2                                      SUP05380                      Y = Y1 - Y2                                      SUP05390                      Z = Z1 - Z2                                      SUP05400                      DIST = SQRT(X*X + Y*Y + Z*Z)                     SUP05410                      RETURN                                           SUP05420                      END                                              SUP05430                      SUBROUTINE CALCFX(NVAR, X, ETOT, EV, EC, EDIS)   SUP05440                      PARAMETER (NT = 150)                             SUP05450                      PARAMETER (NG = 300)                             SUP05460                      COMMON/CORD/XA(NT), YA(NT), ZA(NT), XB(NT), YB(NT), ZB(NT)                                                                      SUP05470                      COMMON/FINAL/TXB(NT), TYB(NT), TZB(NT), CA(NT), CB(NT)                                                                          SUP05480                      COMMON/INFO/NA, NB, IP1, IP2, IP3, IP4, R1, R2 CIP2, CIP4,                                                                      SUP05490                      DIMENSION X(5), TX(150), TY(150), TZ(150), XROT(9), YROT(9),                                                                    SUP05500                      DIMENSION CTX(150), CTY(150), CTZ(150)           SUP05510                      CONVERSION OF POLAR COORDINATE TO CARTECIAN COORDINATE OF REF.                                                                  SUP05520                      DX = R1*SIN(X(1))*COS(X(2))                      SUP05530                      DY = R1*SIN(X(1))*SIN(X(2))                      SUP05540                      DX = R1*COS(X(1))                                SUP05550                      FIXING OF PROBE 2 APART FROM PROBE 1 BY R1 ANG. IN SPACE                                                                        SUP05560                      PX = XA(IP1) + DX                                SUP05570                      PY = YA(IP1) + DY                                SUP05580                      PZ = ZA(IP1) + DZ                                SUP05590                      CALCULATE DISTANCE VECTORS BETWEEN PROBE P(PX, PY, PZ) AND PROBE                                                                SUP05600                      DVX = PX - XB(IP3)                               SUP05610                      DVY = PY - YB(IP3)                               SUP05620                      DVZ = PZ - ZB(IP3)                               SUP05630                      PARALLEL MOVEMENT OF B MOLECULE BY (DVX, DVY, DVZ)                                                                              SUP05640                      DO 10 IM = 1, NB                                 SUP05650                      TX(IM) = XB(IM) * DVX                            SUP05660                      TY(IM) = YB(IM) + DVY                            SUP05670                      TZ(IM) = ZB(IM) + DVZ                            SUP05680                      CONTINUE                                         SUP05690                      MOVE TO MAKE AN ORIGIN OF PROBE3(IP3) IN ORDER TO ROTATE                                                                        SUP05700                      DO 20 IO = 1, NB                                 SUP05710                      IF(IO.EQ.IP3) GO TO 20                           SUP05720                      TX(IO) = TX(IO) - TX(IP3)                        SUP05730                      TY(IO) = TY(IO) - TY(IP3)                        SUP05740                      TZ(IO) = TZ(IO) - TZ(IP3)                        SUP05750                      CONTINUE                                         SUP05760                      TX(IP3) = 0.0D0                                  SUP05770                      TY(IP3) = 0.0D0                                  SUP05780                      TZ(IP3) = 0.0D0                                  SUP05790                      ROTATION                                         SUP05800                      CSX = COS(X(3))                                  SUP05810                      SSX = SIN(X(3))                                  SUP05820                      CSY = COS(X(4))                                  SUP05830                      SSY = SIN(X(4))                                  SUP05340                      SCZ = COS(X(5))                                  SUP05850                      SSZ = SrN(X(5))                                  SUP05860                      X ROTATION                                       SUP05870                      DO 30 I = 1, 9                                   SUP05380                      XROR(I) = 0.0                                    SUP05890                      XROT(1) = 1.0                                    SUP05900                      XROT(5) = CSX                                    SUP05910                      XROT(6) = SSX                                    SUP05920                      XROT(8) = SSX                                    SUP05930                      XROT(9) = CSX                                    SUP05940                      DO 40 I = 1, 9                                   SUP05950                      YROT(I) = 0.0                                    SUP05960                      YROT(1) = CSU                                    SUP05970                      YROT(3) = SSY                                    SUP05980                      YROT(5) = 1.0                                    SUP05990                      YROT(7) = -SSY                                   SUP06000                      YROT(9) = CSY                                    SUP06010                      DO 50 I = 1, 9                                   SUP06020                      ZROT(I) = 0.0                                    SUP06030                      ZROT(1) = CSZ                                    SUP06040                      ZROT(2) = SSZ                                    SUP06050                      ZROT(4) = -SSZ                                   SUP06060                      ZROT(5) = CSZ                                    SUP06070                      ZROT(9) = 1.0                                    SUP06080                      DO 60 J = 1, NB                                  SUP06090                      COXX = XROT(1)*TX (J) + XROT(2)*TY(J) + XROT(3)* TZ(J)                                                                          SUP06100                      COXY = XROT(4)*TX (J) + XROT(5)*TY(J) + XROT(G)* TZ(J)                                                                          SUP06110                      COXZ = XROT(7)*TX (J) + XROT(8)*TY(J) + XROT(9)* TZ(J)                                                                          SUP06120                      COYX = YROT(1)*COXX + YROT(2)*COXY + YROT(3)*COXZ                                                                               SUP06130                      COYY = YROT(4)*COXX + YROT(5)*COXY + YROT(6)*COXZ                                                                               SUP06140                      COYZ = YROT(7)*COXX + YROT(8)*COXY + YROT(9)*COXZ                                                                               SUP06150                      CTX(J) = ZROT(1)*COYX + ZROT(2)*COYY + ZROT(3)*COYZ                                                                             SUP06160                      CTY(J) = ZROT(4)*COYX + ZROT(5)*COYY + ZROT(6)*COYZ                                                                             SUP06170                      CTZ(J) = ZROT(7)*COYX + ZROT(8)*COYY + ZROT(9)*COYZ                                                                             SUP06180                      CONTINUE                                         SUP06190                      RETURN TO POINT P                                SUP06200                      DO 70 I = 1, NB                                  SUP06210                      TXB(I) = CTX(I) + PX                             SUP06220                      TYB(I) = CTY(I) + PY                             SUP06230                      TZB(I) = CTZ(I) + PZ                             SUP06240                      CONTINUE                                         SUP06250                                                                       SUP06260                      CALL ENERGY(ETOT, EV, EC, EDIS)                  SUPOG270                      RETURN                                           SUP06280                      END                                              SUP06290                                                                       SUP06300                      SUBROUTINE COUL(ETOT, ER, EA)                    SUP06310                      PARAMETER (NT = 150)                             SUPO6320                      PARAMETER (NG = 300)                             SUP06330                      CHARACTER*2 ASYM, TITLE                          SUP06340                      COMMON/CORD/XA(NT), YA(NT), ZA(NT), XB(NT), YB(NT), ZB(NT)                                                                      SUP06350                      COMMON/FINAL/TXB(NT), TYB(NT), TZB(NT), CA(NT), CB(NT)                                                                          SUP06360                      COMMON/INFO/NA, NB, IP1, EP2, IP3, IP4, R1, R2, CIP2, CIP4,                                                                     SUP06370                      ER = 0.0                                         SUP06380                      DO 10 I = 1, NA                                  SUP06390                      X1 = XA(I)                                       SUP06400                      Y1 = YA(I)                                       SUP06410                      Z1 = ZA(r)                                       SUPO6420                      DO 20 J = 1, NB                                  SUP06430                      X2 = TXB(I)                                      SUP06440                      Y2 = TYB(I)                                      SUP06450                      Z2 = TZB(I)                                      SUP0646O                      ER = ER + (CA(I)*CB(J))/DrST(X1, Y1, Z1, X2, Y2, Z2)                                                                            SUP06470                      CONTINUE                                         SUP06480                      CONTINUE                                         SUP06490                      EA = 0.0                                         SUP06500                      X1 = XA(IP2)                                     SUP06510                      Y1 = YA(IP2)                                     SUP06520                      Z1 = ZA(IP2)                                     SUP06530                      X2 = TXB(IP4)                                    SUP06540                      Y2 = TYB(IP4)                                    SUP06550                      Z2 = TZB(IP4)                                    SUP06560                      EA = EA + (CIP2*CIP4)/DIST(X1, Y1, Z1, X2, Y2, Z2)                                                                              SUP06570                      ETOT = ER + EA                                   SUP06580                      RETURN                                           SUP06590                      END                                              SUP06600                                                                       SUP06610                      SUBPROGRAM TO GENERATE ATOM TYPE AND NET ATOMIC CHARGE                                                                          SUP06620                      SUBROUTINE CHARG                                 SUP06630                      PARAMETER (NG = 300)                             SUP06640                      PARAMETER (NT = 150)                             SUP06650                      INTECER TYPEA, TYPEB, TYP                        SUP06660                      COMMON/COOD/COORD(3, NG), CHARGE(NG)             SUP06670                      COMMON/TYPE/TYPEA(NT), TYPEB(NT), TYP(NG)        SUP06680                      COMMON/INFO/NA, NB, IP1, IP2, IP3, IP4, R1, R2, CIP2, CIP4,                                                                     SUP06690                      DIMENSION DCHB(35)                               SUP06700                      DATA DCHB/0.241, 0.0, 0.515, 0.0, 0.0, -0.539, -0.490,                                                                          SUP06710                      1 -0.267, -0.509, 0.0, -0.692, -0.54, -0.267, 0.243,                                                                            SUP06720                      2 -0.135, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, -0.622, 0.0, 0.304,     SUP06730                      3 0.0, 0.243, 0.15, 0.131, -0.516, 0.0, 0.490,   SUP06740                      4 0.0, -622, 0.515, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0,/         SUP06750                      DO 20 I = 1, NA                                  SUP06760                      CHARGE(I) = DCHB(TYPEA(I))                       SUP06770                      CONTINUE                                         SUP06780                      SPECIAL SIDE CHAIN FOR CARBONE                   SUP06790                      CHARGES FOR HYDANTON                             SUP06800                      DO 30 I = 1, NB                                  SUP06810                      CHARGE(NA + I) = DCHB(TYPEB(I))                  SUP06820                      CONTINUE                                         SUP06830                      CHARGE(NA + 1) = -0.36                           SUP06840                      CHARGE(NA + 2) = 0.44                            SUP06850                      CHARGE(NA + 3) = -0.41                           SUP06860                      CHARGE(NA + 4) = 0.58                            SUP06870                      CHARGE(NA + 5) = -0.31                           SUP06880                      CHARGE(NA + 6) = 0.03                            SUP06890                      CHARGE(NA + 7) = - 0.41                          SUP06900                      CHARGE(NA + 20) = 0.19                           SUP06910                      CHARGE(NA + 21) = 0.20                           SUP06920                      CHARGE(IP2) = CIP2                               SUP06930                      CHARGE(NA + IP4) = CIP4                          SUP06940                      WRITE(6, 22) (CHARGE(I), I = 1, 12)              SUP06950                      FORMAT(3X, 6F10.4)                               SUP06960                      RETURN                                           SUP06970                      END                                              SUP06980                                                                       SUP06990                      SUBROUTINE SYMBOL                                SUP07000                      PARAMETER (NT = 150)                             SUP07010                      PARAMETER (NG = 300)                             SUP07020                      CHARACTER*2 ASYM, TITLE                          SUP07030                      INTEGER TYPEA, TYPEB, TYP, HH, NN, OO, CC        SUP07040                      COMMON/COOD/COORD(3, NG), CHARGE(NG)             SUP07050                      COMMON/TYPE/TYPEA(NT), TYPEB(NT), TYP(NG)        SUP07060                      COMMON/SYMM/ASYM(NG), TITLE(40)                  SUP07070                      COMMON/INFO/NA, NB, IP1, IP2, IP3, IP4, R1, R2, CIP2, CIP4,                                                                     SUP07080                      DIMENSION HH(6), NN(7), OO(6), CC(10)            SUP07090                      DATA HH/5, 14, 23, 21, 24, 25/                   SUP07100                      DATA NN/8, 9, 13, 19, 26, 32, 28/                SUP07110                      DATA 00/6, 7, 11, 12, 28, 30/                    SUP07120                      DATA CC/1, 2, 3, 1, 16, 20, 22, 27, 29, 31/      SUP07130                      NTOT = NA + NB                                   SUP07140                      DO 1 I = 1, NA                                   SUP07150                      TYP(I) = TYPEA(I)                                SUP07160                      CONTINUE                                         SUP07170                      DO 2 I = 1, NB                                   SUP07180                      TYP(NA + 1) = TYPEB(I)                           SUP07190                      CONTINUE                                         SUP07700                      I = 0                                            SUP07210                      CONTINUE                                         SUP07220                      I - 0                                            SUP07230                      IF(I.GT.NTOT) GO TO 9                            SUP07240                      DO 20 K1 = 1, 6                                  SUP07250                      IF(TYP(I).EQ.HH(K1)) THEN                        SUP07260                      ASYM(I) = `H`                                    SUP07270                      GO TO 10                                         SUP07280                      ENDIF                                            SUP07290                      CONTINUE                                         SUP07300                      DO 30 K1 = 1, 7                                  SUP07310                      IF(TYP(I).EQ.NN(K1)) THEN                        SUP07320                      ASYM(I) = `N`                                    SUP07330                      GO TO 10                                         SUP07340                      ENDIF                                            SUP07350                      CONTINUE                                         SUP07360                      DO 40 K1 = 1, 6                                  SUP07370                      IF(TYP(I).EQ.OO(K1)) THEN                        SUP07380                      ASYM(I) = `O`                                    SUP07390                      GO TO 10                                         SUP07400                      ENDIF                                            SUP07410                      CONTINUE                                         SUP07420                      DO 50 K1 = 1, 10                                 SUP07430                      IF(TYP(I).EQ.CC(K1)) THEN                        SUP07440                      ASYM(I) = `C`                                    SUP07450                      GO TO 10                                         SUP07460                      ENDIF                                            SUP07470                      CONTINUE                                         SUP07480                      IF(TYP(I).EQ.15) THEN                            SUP07490                      ASYM(I) = `S`                                    SUP07500                      GO TO 10                                         SUP07510                      ELSE                                             SUP07520                      WRITE(6, 100) TYP(I), I                          SUP07530                      FORMAT(3X, `UNDEFINED ATOM TYPE: `, I3,` ON LINE 1, I4)                                                                         SUP07540                      ENDIF                                            SUP07550                      CONTINUE                                         SUP07560                      RETURN                                           SUP07570                      END                                              SUP07580                      SUBROUTINE CHEMG(NTOT)                           SUP07590                                                                       SUP07600                      CHARACTER NAME1*2, NAME2*3, CTEMP*80, TEMP*5, ASYM*2                                                                            SUP07610                      PARAXETER (NG = 300)                             SUP07620                      PARAMETER (NT = 150)                             SUP07630                      INTEGER IH, IN, IC, IO, IS, HH, NN, CC, OO, SS   SUP07640                      COMMON/COOD/COORD(3, NG), CHARGE(NG)             SUP07650                      COMMON/SYMM/ASYM(NG), TITLE(40)                  SUP07660                                                                       SUP07670                      J = 0                                            SUP07680                      IONE = 1                                         SUP07690                      WRITE(10, 1) NTOT, IONE, IONE                    SUP07700                      FORMAT(//, 13, 15, /, 16)                        SUP07710                                                                       SUP07720                      DO 33 I = 1, NTOT                                SUP07730                      READ(4, `(1X, 3F10.4, 5X, A1)`, END = 999) X, Y, Z, NAME1                                                                       SUP07740                      X = COORD(1, I)                                  SUP07750                      Y = COORD(2, I)                                  SUP07760                      Z = COORD(3, I)                                  SUP07770                      NAME1 = ASYM(I)                                  SUP07780                      IF(NAME1.EQ. `F`) GO TO 33                       SUP07790                      J = J + 1                                        SUP07800                      IF (NAME1.EQ. `H`) THEN                          SUP07810                      IH = IH + 1                                      SUP07820                      WRITE(NAME2, `(I3)`) IH                          SUP07830                      ELSEIF (NAME1.EQ. `N`) THEN                      SUP07840                      IN = IN + 1                                      SUP07850                      WRITE(NAME2, `(I3)`) IN                          SUP07860                      ELSEIF (NAME1.EQ. `C`) THEN                      SUP07870                      IC = IC + 1                                      SUP07880                      WRITE(NAME2, `(I3)`) IC                          SUP07890                      ELSEIF (NAME1.EQ. `O`) THEN                      SUP07900                      IO = 10 + 1                                      SUP07910                      WRITE(NAME2, `(I3)`) IO                          SUP07920                      ELSEIF (NAME1.EQ. `S`) THEN                      SUP07930                      IS = IS + 1                                      SUP07940                      WRITE(NAME2, `(I3)`) IS                          SUP07950                      ELSE                                             SUP07960                      WRITE(6, `("You have a problem on line", I4, "in your CORD                                                                      SUP07970                      &,`)I                                            SUP07980                      ENDIF                                            SUP07990                      IF (NAME2(1:1).EQ ` `) THEN                      SUP08000                      NAME2(1:1) = NAMEI(2:2)                          SUP08010                      NAME2(2:2) = NAME2(3:3)                          SUP08020                      NAME2(3:3) = ` `                                 SUP08030                      IF (NAME2(1:1).EQ. ` `) THEN                     SUP08040                      NAME2(1:1) = NAME2(2:2)                          SUP08050                      NAME2(2:2) = ` `                                 SUP08060                      ENDIF                                            SUP08070                      ENDIF                                            SUP08080                      WRITE(10, `(I4, A2, A3, 1X, 3F10.4)`) J, NAME1, NAME2, X, Y,                                                                    SUP08090                      CONTINUE                                         SUP08100                      ENDIF                                            SUP08110                      RETURN                                           SUP08120                      END                                              SUP08130                      SUBROUTINE WRIT(X, Y, Z)                         SUP08140                      DIMENSION X(150), Y(150), Z(150)                 SUP08150                      DO 5 I = 1, 6                                    SUP08160                      WRITE(6, 10) X(I), Y(I), Z(I)                    SUP08170                      FORMAT(4X, 3F12.5)                               SUP08180                      RETURN                                           SUP08190                      END                                              SUP08200                                                                       SUP08210                      SUBROUTINE COMBIN (NA, NB)                       SUP08220                      DIMENSION ICON(16), IAT1(150), IAT2(150)         SUP08230                      CHARACTER*2 TT(30)                               SUP08240                      READ(4, 10) NA                                   SUP08250                      FORMAT(62X, 13)                                  SUP08260                      READ(5, 10) NB                                   SUP08270                      NTOT = NA + NB                                   SUP08280                      IONE = 1                                         SUP08290                      TFOUR = 4                                        SUP08300                      TIME = 100.0                                     SUP08310                      WRITE(16, 20) NTOT, IFOUR, IONE, TIME            SUP08320                      FORMAT(60X, I5, I2, 3X, 15, F5.0)                SUP08330                      READ(4, 30) NCONA, NATA, NSPA                    SUP08340                      FORMAT(I5, 20X, I5, 15X, I5)                     SUP08350                      READ(5, 30) NCONB, NATB, NSPB                    SUP08360                      NCOT = NCONA*NCONB                               SUP08370                      NATT = NATA + NATB                               SUP08380                      NSPT = NSPA + NSPB                               SUP08390                      WRITE(16, 30) NCOT, NATT, NSPT                   SUP08400                      IF(NSPA.NE.0) THEN                               SUP08410                      DO 50 I = 1, NSPA                                SUP08420                      READ(4, 40) TT                                   SUP08430                      FORMAT(30A2)                                     SUP08440                      WRITE(16, 40) TT                                 SUP08450                      CONTINUE                                         SUP08460                      ENDIF                                            SUP08470                      IF(NSPB.NE.0) THEN                               SUP08480                      DO 60 I = 1, NSPB                                SUP08490                      READ(5, 40) TT                                   SUP08500                      WRITE(16, 40) TT                                 SUP08510                      CONTINUE                                         SUP08520                      ENDIF                                            SUP08530                      DO 70 IA = 1, NCONA                              SUP08540                      READ(4, 75) (ECON(I), I = 1, 16)                 SUP08550                      FORMAT(1615)                                     SUP08560                      DO 80 IZ = 1, 16                                 SUP08570                      ISZ = 16                                         SUP08580                      IF(ICON(IZ).EQ.0) THEN                           SUP08590                      ISZ = IZ - 1                                     SUP08600                      CO TO 85                                         SUP08610                      ENDIF                                            SUP08620                      CONTINUE                                         SUP08630                      WRITE(16, 75)(ICON(I), I = 1, ISZ)               SUP08640                      CONTINUE                                         SUP08650                      DO 90 IB = 1, NCONB                              SUP08660                      READ(5, 75) (ICON(I), I = 1, 16)                 SUP08670                      DO 100 IZ = 1, 16                                SUP08680                      ISZ = 16                                         SUP08690                      IF(ICON(IZ).EQ.0) THEN                           SUP08700                      ISZ = IZ - 1                                     SUP08710                      GO TO 95                                         SUP08720                      ENDIF                                            SUP08730                      CONTINUE                                         SUP08740                      DO 110 I = 1, ISZ                                SUP08750                      ICON(I) = ICON(I) + NA                           SUP08760                      WRITE(16, 75)(ICON(I), I = 1, ISZ)               SUP08770                      CONTINUE                                         SUP08780                      READ(4, 75) (IAT1(I), IAT2(I), I = 1, NATA)      SUP03790                      NATA1 = NATA + 1                                 SUP08800                      READ(5, 75) (IAT1(I), IAT2(I), I = NATA1, NATT)  SUP08810                      DO 120 IL = NATA1, NATT                          SUP08820                      IAT1(IL) = IAT1(IL) + NA                         SUP08830                      IAT2(IL) = IAT2(IL) + NA                         SUP08840                      CONTINUE                                         SUP08850                      WRITE(16, 75) (IAT1(I), IAT2(I), I = 1, NATT)    SUP08860                      RETURN                                           SUP08870                      END                                              SUP08880                      SUBROUTINE FOR MM INPUT                          SUP08690                      SUBROUTINE MMDATA                                SUP08900                      PARAMETER (NT = 150)                             SUP08910                      PARAMETER (NG = 300)                             SUP08920                      CHARACTER*2 ASYM, TITLE                          SUP08930                      INTEGER TYPEA, TYPEB TYP                         SUP08940                      COMMON/GOOD/COORD(3, NG), CHARGE(NG)             SUP08950                      COMMON/TYPE/TYPEA(NT), TYPEB(NT), TYP(NG)        SUP08960                      COMMON/SYMM/ASYM(NG), TITLE(40)                  SUP08970                      COMMON/PARAM/VEP(NG), VRA(NG)                    SUP08980                      COMMON/CORD/XA(NT), YA(NT), ZA(NT), XB(NT), YB(NT), ZB(NT)                                                                      SUP08990                      COMMON/FINAL/TXB(NT), TYB(NT), TZB(NT), CA(NT), CB(NT)                                                                          SUP09000                      COMMON/INFO/NA, NB, IP1, 1P2, IP3, IP4, R1, R2, CIP2, CIP4,                                                                     SUP09010                      NTOT = NA + NB                                   SUP09020                      WRITE(16, 20) (COORD (1, I), COORD(2, I), (COORD 3, I) TYP (I), I = 1,         NTOT)                                            SUP09030                      FORMAT(2(3F10.5, I5, 5X))                        SUP09040                      RETURN                                           SUP09050                      END                                              SUP09060                      __________________________________________________________________________

FIGS. 2-5 show stereoscopic views of the results of docking of the receptor model with, respectively, penicillin V, Δ³ -cephalosporin V, Δ² -cephalosporin V and 4-epi-Δ² -cephalosporin V. It can be seen that, in each case, the serine O--H sits on the convex face of the β-lactam compound, in such a manner as to create a four-centred interaction between O--H and (O)C--N. This four-centred interaction is shown in closer detail for penicillin V in FIG. 6.

From the Cartesian coordinates of C--O--H and (O)N--C of the optimized complexes it is possible to compute the root mean square deviations (rms) in Å of the different four centred interactions, relative to a standard substrate, in this case penicillin V. When this is done for the series of penicillins 1a-1i, it is found that all active penicillins have rms less than 0.2 Å, and all inactive penicillins have rms greater than 0.4 Å. For the series shown in FIGS. 2-5, the rms deviations are 0.000, 0.149, 0.338 and 0.148 Å. This implies that the "fits" of the biologically active Δ³ -cephalosporin and the biologically inactive 4-epi-Δ² -cephalosporin to the penicillin receptor are identical. The biologically inactive Δ² -cephalosporin has a poorer fit.

The biological activity of a drug depends not only on its ability to fit to a receptor, i.e., Step 1 of equation 1, but also on its ability to react chemically with the receptor, i.e., Step 2 of equation 1. The chemical reaction suggested by FIGS. 2-6 is a four centred process in which C7-0(Ser) (see A) and N--H(Ser) bond formation are concerted. This is an unprecedented chemical mechanism.

The hydrolysis and alcoholysis of β-lactam compounds has received much experimental and theoretical attention. In water above pH 8, the rate-determining step is addition to the carbonyl group to form a tetrahedral intermediate; below pH 6, there is rate-determining proton transfer to the β-lactam nitrogen, from the convex face of the molecule. Hydrolysis is extremely slow in the biologically relevant pH range 6-8, and the possible existence of a molecular (four-centred) mechanism in this region has not been established. Likewise, all previous theoretical studies of β-lactam hydrolysis have emphasized anionic addition to the β-lactam carbonyl group.

Molecular orbital (MO) calculations of the ab initio type represent an accepted and well established procedure for the probing of the mechanisms of chemical reactions. Such calculations can be performed using low level (STO-3G) and high level (3-21G) basis sets using the computer programmes GAUSSIAN 82 and GAUSSIAN 86, available from GAUSSIAN Inc., Pittsburgh, Pa, U.S.A. Molecular orbital calculations of the semi-empirical type can be performed on relatively large molecular systems, and are valid once they have been calibrated with respect to an ab initio calculation on the same system. The semi empirical procedures AM1, MNDO and MINDO/3 are available in the computer programme AMPAC, available from QCPE.

Table 6 summarizes the ab initio data (ΔΔE‡, kcal/mol) for the reactions of N-methylazetidinone with water and with methanol via exo-oriented N- and O-protonated structures. For the hydrolysis reactions, the O-protonated structure is favoured by 1.75 kcal/mol at the lower STO-3G level (STO-3G//STO-3G). One point calculations at the more appropriate 3-21G level (3-21G//3-21G) increases the preference for the N-protonated transition structure to 5.66 kcal/mol. Analogous results are seen for methanolysis of N-methylazetidinone. These results prove that the four-centred interaction seen in FIGS. 2-6 reflects a genuine chemical process and, indeed, the energetically preferred chemical process. The N- and O-protonated methanolysis transition structures are shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, respectively.

Table 6 also summarizes the semi-empirical results for the hydrolysis and methanolysis of N-methylazetidinone, and it is evident that only MINDO/3 correctly reproduces the preference for the N-protonated transition structure. Accordingly, MINDO/3 was used to examine the activation energies for the reactions of a large number of bicyclic azetidinones with methanol. These are summarized in Table 7.

                                      TABLE 6                                      __________________________________________________________________________     Relative E.sup.≠  for the Hydrolysis and Methanolysis of N-              Methylazetidinone via N- and O-Protonated Transition Structures..sup.a         TS                                                                               STO-3G                                                                              3-21G//STO-3G                                                                           3-21G//3-21G                                                                           AM1                                                                               MNDO MINDO/3                                        __________________________________________________________________________     Hydrolysis                                                                     N 1.75 0.00     0.00    8.46                                                                              7.31 0.00                                           O 0.00 4.41     5.66    0.00                                                                              0.00 1.81                                           Methanolysis                                                                   N 2.26 0.00             9.21                                                                              7.86 0.00                                           O 0.00 4.39             0.00                                                                              0.00 1.20                                           __________________________________________________________________________      .sup.a Relative energies are in kcal/mol.                                

Within each row of Table 7, the reactions of the different structural types are compared to that of the parent penam ring system of penicillin, and the data are discussed row-by-row: (1) the relative reactivities are carbapenam>penem>oxapenam>penam. Oxapenicillins and penems having the C3 and C6 substituents of penicillins are known to have antibacterial activity; although the carbapenam ring system is known, carbapenicillins have not yet been prepared. (2) in the comparison of the penam and cephem ring systems, the relative reactivities are penam>>Δ.sup. -cephem>Δ² -cephem, acetoxymethyl-Δ³ -cephem. With a common

                                      TABLE 7                                      __________________________________________________________________________     Calculated ΔΔ.sub.E ‡ (kcal/mol, MINDO/3) Relative      to N-Methylazetidione                                                          for the Methanolysis of β-Lactam Compounds via Exo Formation of a         Four-Centred N-Protonated Transition Structure                                 __________________________________________________________________________      ##STR12##                                                                      ##STR13##                                                                      ##STR14##                                                                      ##STR15##                                                                      ##STR16##                                                                     __________________________________________________________________________

acylamino side chain, penicillins are an order of magnitude more active than acetoxymethyl-Δ³ -cephalosporins and the latter are, in general, an order of magnitude more active than 3-methyl Δ³ -cephems; Δ² -cephems are inactive. (3) introduction of the C3α-carboxyl group enhances the reactivity. It is believed that the carboxyl group assists the methanolysis through hydrogen bonding, because epimerization (C3β) decreases the reactivity significantly. (4) introduction of C2-methyl substituents decreases the reactivity, unless a C3α-carboxyl group is present. (5) the 6β-acylamino substituent has almost no effect on the reactivity. Consequently, the chemical reactivity of a penicillin differs only slightly from that of the parent penam.

FIGS. 9-11 show, respectively, stereoscopic views of the N- and O-protonated transition structures for exo-methanolysis of a penicillin, and O-protonated endo-methanolysis of penam. Such endo-oriented transition structures are ca 1 kcal/mol higher in energy than the O-protonated exo-structures and 5-6 kcal/mol higher in energy than the N-protonated exo-structures.

Table 8 summarizes the "fits" of penicillin V and 2a-2c mentioned above, as well as the "reactivities" of the different ring systems, as given by ΔΔE‡ for the reaction of methanol with the carboxylated substrates shown.

The product rms×ΔΔE‡ represents a combination of fit and reactivity, and is seen to order correctly the different classes of antibiotics in the order of their biological activities. Based on this quantity, 2b is inactive because of its poorer fit to the receptor, and 2c is inactive because of its decreased reactivity.

The difference between 2b and 2c can be compared to the differences seen in Row 3 of Table 7. That difference is attributed to facilitation of the chemical process by hydrogen bonding of the attacking alcohol to the carboxyl group when this group is on the convex face of the molecule. Thus 2c recovers the fit lost in 2b but concomitantly becomes less reactive. These considerations suggest that the attachment of a hydrogen bonding donor substituent on the convex face of 2c will restore the chemical reactivity while retaining the acceptable fit to the receptor. Possible sites for the attachment of the required substituent are sulfur, C4 and C7 (see Table 8^(d) for numbering). Attachment of F, CH₃ O and CH₂ OH to C4 and C7 in the required manner does not enhance the reactivity of 2c, but an alpha-oriented sulfoxide (3) exhibits reactivity superior to that of penicillin. Although a malonic acid derivative which combines the favourable properties of 2b and 2c (4) exhibits somewhat reduced reactivity compared to penicillin (ΔΔE‡=3.51 kcal/mol), the product rms×ΔΔE‡ is intermediate between the active and inactive entries of Table 8. Accordingly, 3 and 4 are novel β-lactam containing structural types of potential biological interest.

                  TABLE 8                                                          ______________________________________                                         Root Mean Square (rms) Difference (Å), Relative to                         Penicillin V, of the Cartesian Coordinates of the                              COH Atoms of Serine and the NCO Atoms of                                       the Azetidinone Ring in the Complexes of β-Lactam                         Compounds with a Model of the Penicillin Receptor;                             Activation Energies (kcal/mol) for the Reaction of                             Azetidinones with Methanol, Relative to the Penam                              Nucleus; and the Product rms x ΔΔE‡.                    substrate rms         ΔΔE‡                                                            rms × ΔΔE‡          ______________________________________                                         2a        0.149       2.81.sup.a                                                                             0.42                                             penicillin V                                                                             0.000       0.00.sup.b                                                                             0.00                                             2b        0.338       1.94.sup.c                                                                             0.66                                             2c        0.148       4.65.sup.d                                                                             0.69                                             ______________________________________                                          ##STR17##                                                                      ##STR18##                                                                      ##STR19##                                                                      ##STR20##                                                                      ##STR21##                                                                      ##STR22##                                                                      ##STR23##                                                                       It is also possible to design entirely new structural types compatible       with the combination of fit and reactivity developed here. Based on the        dihedral angles of penicillin V, a carboxyl group oriented so that it          makes a dihedral angle of 150°-160° with a "reactive site",      and a hydrogen bonding donor such as N--H or O--H oriented so that it          makes a dihedral angle of -150 to -160° with the "reactive site"        is required. The reactive site should be one that reacts with methanol         via a four-centred transition structure, and with ΔE ‡        no greater than 3-4 kcal/mol higher than that for the reaction with an         azetidinone. Systematic calculation of activation energies has identified      the imino moiety                                                                ##STR24##                                                                     as a functional group possessing the required reactivity, and incorporation      of this moiety into a cyclic structure possessing dihedral angles of the      required magnitude has identified 5 as a candidate structure having      antibacterial activity by a penicillin-cephalosporin mechanism. The result      is shown in FIG. 12.

EXAMPLE 1 Application of PEPCON to the Calculation of the Polypeptide Crambin

This polypeptide contains 46 amino acid residues, 327 heavy atoms, and 636 atoms including hydrogens. The published crystal structure includes diffraction data refined to 1.5 Å. The cartesian coordinates of the heavy (non-hydrogen) atoms of this crystal structure were used as input to MMP2(85), hydrogens were added using an option available in MMP2(85), and Newton-Raphson minimization was performed using PEPCON. The calculated structure shows an rms deviation from the experimental structure of 0.291 Å for the heavy atoms of the backbone, and 0.310 Å for all heavy atoms.

EXAMPLE 2 Application of PENCON to the Calculation of Penicillin V

Repetition of the experiment of Example 1, with the cartesian coordinates of the crystal structure of penicillin V and the PENCON parameters leads to an rms deviation of 0.1 Å for all atoms.

EXAMPLE 3 Application of CEPARAM to the Calculation of Cephalosporin

The cartesian coordinates of the crystal structure of a ² -cephalosporin having the phenoxyacetyl side chain were entered, and the energy was minimized using MMP2(85) in conjunction with the CEPARAM parameters. The resulting rms deviation was 0.35 Å.

EXAMPLE 4 Application of the Random Number Strategy and ECEPP to the Conformational Analysis of a Peptide

The peptide Gly-Trp-Met-Asp-Phe-NH₂ was entered into ECEPP, and an initial search was performed on 200,000 initial conformations of this molecule. The fifty lowest energy structures identified in this manner were minimized in ECEPP using a quadratic minimization procedure, and then refined using the PEPCON parameters of MMP2(85). One structure was strongly preferred, and the dihedral angles of this structure are identical to those of the gastrin tetrapeptide, which contains the Trp-Met-Asp-Phe-NH₂ moiety of the above compound.

EXAMPLE 5 Calculation of the Structure of a Penicillin Receptor.

The peptide Ac-Val-Gly-Ser-Val-Thr-Lys-NHCH₃ was treated as described in Example 4, and the fifty final structures were examined. Only one structure possessed lysine and serine side chains on the same side of the molecule. This structure is shown in FIG. 1, and its dihedral angles are summarized in Table 4.

EXAMPLE 6 Docking of Penicillin V to a Model of the Penicillin Receptor

The receptor model of Example 5 was docked to penicillin V using the computer program of Table 5. Several conformations of the penicillin were examined, and the final lowest energy complex is shown in FIG. 2.

The invention will be further illustrated by way of the following specific examples of compounds that have been prepared:

EXAMPLE 7 Synthesis of 3-Carboxy-5-Hydroxymethyl-6, 6-Dimethyl-Δ4-1, 4-Thiazine

In formula I, X═S; Y═OH; R₁ ═R₂ ═CH₃, R₃ ═R₄ ═H. Both D- and L- configurations at C₃ are prepared. ##STR25##

STEP 1

Methyl isopropyl ketone (15 mL, 140 moles) was added to a solution of potassium chloride (1.1 g, 14.8 moles) in water (9.6 mL). The mixture was stirred, warmed to 60° C., and illuminated with a 350 watt tungsten lamp mounted beside the flask. Bromine (11.9 g, 74.4 moles) was then added dropwise. When the colour of the first few drops had disappeared, the heating bath was replaced by a cold water bath, and the 350 watt bulb was replaced by a 60 watt bulb. Addition of bromine was continued at a rate sufficient to maintain the internal temperature at 40°-45° C. When the addition was complete (25 min) the reaction mixture was allowed to stand for 2 h and the orgainic phase was then separated, washed with wwater-magnesium oxide and dried over anhydrous calcium chloride. Fractional distallation afforded 7 g of Al, b.p. 82°-86°/145 torr. NMR (CDCl₃) 2.36 (3H, s), 1.77 (6H, s). ##STR26##

STEP 2

The bromeketine Al (4.65 g, 28 moles) was dissolved in glacial acetic acid (40 ml), and freshly recrystallized lead tetraacetate (12.5 g, 28.2 moles) was added. The mixture was heated at 100° C., with stirring, for 2 h and cooled to room temperature. Ethylene glycol (2 mL) was then added to destroy unreacted lead tetraacetate. The reaction mixture was diluted with ether (100 mL), washed successively with 10% sodium carbonate, water and saturated sodium chloride, dried and evaporated. The residue was distilled, and the fraction boiling at 57°-60° C./120 torr was further purified by chromatography (silica gel, 5%>10%->15% ether-hexane) to give the bromoketoacetate B1. NMR (CDCl₃ : 5.16 (2H, s), 2.13 (3H, s), 1.87 (6H, s). ##STR27##

STEP 3

Triethylamine (140 mL) was added to methylene chloride (3 mL). The solution was cooled to -20° C., and gaseous hydrogen sulfide was introduced during 10 min. Then the bromoketoacetate B1 (200 mg), in methylene chloride (1.0 mL), was added dropwise with stirring during 10 min. The yellow solution was diluted with methlene chloride (30 mL)30, washed successively with 2N hydrochloric acid, water and saturated sodium chloride, dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate and evaporated to yield the mercaptoketoacetate C1. NMR (CDCl₃) 5.16 (2H, s), 2.18 (3H, s), 1.57 (6H, s), 1.55(1H, s). ##STR28##

STEP 4

To triphenylphosphine (258 mg, 0.98 mole) in dry tetrahydrofuran (1.0 mL0, at -78° C. under a nitrogen atomosphere, was added dropwise with stirring a solution of dimethylacetylenedicarboxylate (144 mg, 0.99 mole) in tetrahydrofuran (1.0 mL). The white slurry as maintained at -78° C. for 10 min, and a solution of Boc-L (or D-)-serine (184 mg, 0.90 mole) in tetrahydrofuran (1.0 mL) was added dropwise. The temperature was maintained at -78° C. for 20 min and the reaction mixture was then allowed to warm to room temperature (2 h). The solvent was removed and the residue was chromatographed on silica gel. Elution with 15%->22%-30%->35% ethyl acetate-hexane afforded the beta-lactone D1. NMR (CDCl₃) 5.29 (1H, br), 4.92 (1H, br), 4.34 (2H, br), 1.07 (9H, s) . ##STR29##

STEP 5

To a solution of C1 (79.6 mg, 0.45 mole) in dry degassed dimethylformamide (1.5 mL) was added dropwise a solution of lithium diisopropylamide (0.8 mole) in tetrahydrofuran (1.5 mL). The addition was carried out under nitrogen at -60° C. The reaction mixture was allowed to warm to -25° C. during 50 min, cooled again to -55° C., and a solution of D1 (56.4 mg, 0.30 mole) in dry degassed dimethylformamide (0.5 mL) was added dropwise. When the addition was complete, the mixture was warmed to -20° C., stirred for 25 min and then diluted with ethyl acetate (30 mL) and washed with 0.5N hydrochloric acid (2 mL). The aqueous layer was extracted with ethyl acetate (2×10 mL) and the combined organic extracts were washed with water (2×5 mL) and saturated sodium chloride (1×5 mL), dried and evaporated. The oily residue was purified by preparative layer chromatography on a 10×20 cm plate coated with silic gel, using methylene chloride-ethyl acetate acetic acid (1.7:0.3:0.05) as eluant to give E1 (77 mg, 70.3%). NMR (CDCl₃) 5.43 (1H, br), 5.20 (1H, d, 18 Hz), 5.04 (1H, d, 18 Hz), 4.46 (1H, br), 2.97 (1H, br), 2.78, 2.74 (1H, dd, 4.5, 9.0Hz), 2.17 (3H, s), 1.48(3H, s), 1.47 (3H, s), 1.44 (9H, s). ##STR30##

STEP 6

The acid E1 (77 mg) was dissolved in methylene chloride (10 mL) and treated at 0° C. with an ethereal solution of diazomethane. The solvent was removed and the residue was purified on a 5×10 cm silica gel plate using hexane-ethyl acetate (1.4:0.6) as eluant to give the ester F1 (48.2 mg). NMR (CDCl₃) 5.32 (1H, br d), 5.15 (1H, d, 11Hz), 5.07 (1H, d, 11Hz), 4.48 (1H, br, q), 3.76 (3H, s), 2.91 (1H, q, 4, 12Hz), 2.74 (1H, q, 5.5, 12 Hz), 1.47 (6H, d), 1.44 (9H, s). ##STR31##

STEP 7

The ester F1 (46 mg), in tetrahydrofuran (1 mL) was treated at room temperature with 0.25M lithium hydroxide (0.4 mL). After 25 min an additional 0.4 mL of lithium hydroxide was added. The mixture was stirred for 35 min and then diluted with ethyl acetate (10 mL) and washed with 0.5N hydrochloric acid (2×5 mL). The aqueous layer was extracted with ethyl acetate (2×5 mL) and the combined organic extracts were washed with water (1×5 mL), followed by saturated sodium chloride (1×5 mL), dried and evaporated. The residue was dissolved in the minimum of methylene chloride, treated with ethereal diazomethane, concentrated, and the residue was purified on a 10×20 cm silica gel plate. Elution with hexane-ethyl acetate (1.4:0.6) gave G1 (14.4 mg). NMR (CDCl₃) 5.22 (1H, br), 4.58 (2H, d), 4.48 (1H, br), 3.75 (3H, s), 3.06 (1H, br), 2.92 (1H, br), 2.74 (1H, dd, 5, 11Hz), 1.46 (9H, s), 1.44 (6H, s). ##STR32##

STEP 8

To a solution of G1 (5 mg, 0.015 mole) in freshly dried pyridine (0.2 mL) were added successively silver nitrate (3.4 mg, 0.02 mole) and t-butyldiphenylchlorosilane (6.3 mg, 0.023 mole). The solution was stirred for 15 min at room temperature under nitrogen. The solvent was then removed and the product was purified by preparative layer chromatography to give H1 (5.5 mg). NMR (CDCl₃) 7.69 (4H, m), 7.41 (6H, m), 5.07 (1H, br), 4.70 (2H, s), 4.41 (1H, br), 3.72 (3H, s), 2.70 (1H, dd), 2.55 (1H, dd), 1.43 (9H, s), 1.28(3H, s), 1.26(3H, s), 1.10 (9H, s). ##STR33##

STEP 9

The silyated ester H1 (5 mg) was treated at room temperature with formic acid (0.2 mL). After 33 min the reaction mixture was frozen and the solvent was removed by lyophilization to yield the enamine 11. NMR (CDCl₃): 7.69 (4H, m) , 7.40 (6H, m), 5.90 (1H, s), 4.65 (1H, br), 3.79 (3H, s), 3.76 (1H, br), 3.17 (1H, dd, 10, 15Hz), 3.00(1H, dd,3,15 Hz), 1.49(3H, s), 1.31(3H, s), 1.08(9H, s). ##STR34##

STEP 10

The thiazine 11 was treated with lithium hydroxide, as described in Step 7, to remove the ester protecting group. The silylated protecting group was also removed in part to afford a reaction mixture which contained 3-carboxy-5-hydroxymethyl-6,6-dimethyl 4-1,4-thiazine.

EXAMPLE 8 Synthesis of 3-Carboxy-5-(2-Hydroxypropyl)-6,6-Dimethyl-4-1,4-Thiazine

In formula II, X═S; Y═OH; R₁ ═R₂ ═CH₃ ; R₃ ═R₄ ═R₆ ═R₇ ═H; R₅ ═CH₃. Both D- and L- configuration at C3 are prepared, but the R- and S- epimers at C8 have not been separated; the D- isomer is active. ##STR35##

STEP 1

A solution of ethyl 2-methylcyclopropanecarboxylate (5.0 g, 38.9 moles) in dry ether (5 mL0 was added dropwise, with stirring under nitrogen, to the Grignard reagent prepared from magnesium turnings (1.935 g, 0.080 g-atom) and methyl iodide (12.43 g, 87.6 moles) in dry ether (42 mL). The addition required 30 min; stirring was continued for 2.75 h at room temperature and then for 2 h under reflux. The reaction mixture was cooled in an ice-bath and saturated ammonium chloride (10 mL) wass added, with stirring. The layers were separated and the aqueous layer was extracted with ether (2×20 mL). The combined organic phase was dried, evaporated and the residue distilled at 132°-136° C. to give the tertiary alcohol A2 (4.24 g, 95%) ##STR36##

STEP 2

To the alcohol A2 (4.24 g, 37 moles) cooled in an ice-bath, was added ice-cold 48% hydrobromic acid (15 mL). The mixture was shaken vigorously in the ice-bath for 30 min. The two layers were then separated, the aqueous layer extracted with hexane (2×20 mL), and the combined organic phase was washed successively with saturated bicarbonate (2×10 mL), wate2 (2×10 mL) and saturated sodium chloride (2×10 mL), dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate, and evaporated. Distillation afforded 3.72 g (60%0 of the bromine B2, b.p. 46°-54° C./10 torr. ##STR37##

STEP 3

To a solution of the bromide B2 (3.72 g, 21 moles) in glacial acetic acid (20 mL) was added potassium acetate (3.1 g, 31.6 moles). The mixture was heated under reflux for 12 h, cooled, and poured into water (30 mL). Extraction with ether (3×30 mL), followed by succesive washing of the organic phae with aturated sodium carbonate, water and saturated sodium chloride, drying, and evaporation at room temperature yelded the acetate C2, 2.82 g (85%). NMR CDCl₃) 5.10 (1H, brt), 4.88 (1H, q, 6Hz), 2.30 (1H, m), 2.19 (1H, m), 2.02 (3H, s), 1.71 (3H, br s), 1.62 (3H, br s), 8.00 (3H, d, 6Hz). ##STR38##

STEP 4

The acetate C₂ (320 mg, 2.05 moles) was dissolved in methanol (2 mL) and treated dropwise with a 1.5M solution of potassium hydroxide in methanol (1.38 mL). The reaction mixture was allowed to stand for 6 h and was then neutralized with 1.5 Mmethanolic hydrogen chloride, and the solvent was removed. The residue was dissolved in methylene chloride, and this solution was washed successively with water and saturated sodium chloride, dried and evaporated to give the alcohol D2 (208 mg, 99%). ##STR39##

STEP 5A

The alcohol D2 (312 mg, 2.73 moles) was dissolved in dimethylformamide (2 mL) and to this solution were added successively t-butylidemethylchlorosilane (535 mg, 3.55 moles). The mixture was stirred for 2 h and then filtered. The insoluble material was triturated with ether (20 mL) and the combined organic material was washed successively with saturated sodium bicarbonate, water and saturated sodium chloride, dried and evaporated to give the silyated compound E2A (620 mg, 100%). ##STR40##

STEP 5B

The alcohol D2 (25 mg, 0.22 mole) was dissolved in dimethylformamide (0.2 mL), and the solution was treated successively with pyridine (27 1, 0.33 mole), t-butyldiphenylchlorosilane (90 L, 0.35 mole) and silver nitrate (56 mg, 0.33 mole). The mixture was stirred at room temperature for 4 h, and the product was then isolated, as described in Step 5A, to yield E2B. ##STR41##

STEP 6A

The olefin E2A (624 mg, 2.73 moles) was dissolved in acetine (3 mL) and 18-crown-6 (100 mg, 0.27 mole) and acetic acid (0.16 mL) were added successively followed, dropwise, by a solution of potassium permanganate (603 mg, 3.82 moles) in water (7.5 mL). The mixture wa stirred for 1 hr and then diluted with methylene chloride (50 mL0. The organic phase was washed successively with 20% sodium bisulfite, 0.5N hydrochloric acid, saturated sodium bicarbonate, water and saturated sodium chloride, dried and evaporated. The residue wa subjected to flash chromatography on silical gel (7 g). Elution with 4->15% ethyl acetate-hexane gave 479 mg (70%) of the ketol F2A. ##STR42##

STEP 6B

The olefin E2B (77.5 mg, 0.22 mole) was oxidized with potassium permangamate, as described in Step 6A, to yield the ketol F2B. NMR (CDCl₃): 7.72 (4H, m), 7.43 (6H, m), 4.43 (1H, q, 6Hz), 3.81 (1H,s), 2.81 (1H, dd, 5, 16Hz), 2.58 (1H, dd, 7, 16Hz), 1.31 (3H, s), 1.29 (3H, s), 1.10 (3H, d, 5Hz), 1.04 (9H, s) ##STR43##

STEP 7A

To a solution of the ketol F2A (478 mg, 1.83 moles) in methylene chloride (6 mL) were aded successively triethylamine (0.76 mL, 4.0 moles) and methanesulfonyl chloride (0.24 mL, 3.1 moles). The reaction mixture was stirred for 5 h at room temperature and then diluted with methylene chloride (80 mL). The solution was washed successively with water, 0.5N hydrochloric acid, saturated sodium bicarbonate, water and saturated sodium chloride, dried and evaporated. Flash chromatography on silica gel (3 g) and elution with 7%->8%->9%->10% ethyl acetate-hexane gave G2A (432 mg, 70%). ##STR44##

STEP 7B

The ketol F2B (277 mg, 0.72 mole) was converted into the mesylate G2B (233 mg), as described in Step 7A. NMR (CDCl₃) 7.71 (4H, m), 7.41 (6H, m), 4.44 (1H, dq), 3.08 (3H, s), 2.95 (1H, dd, 6, 18Hz), 2.27 (1H, dd, 7, 18Hz), 1.63 (3H, s), 1.61 (3H, s), 1.15 (3H, d, 6Hz), 1.06 (9H, s). ##STR45##

STEP 8A

Methylene chloride (5 mL) was saturated with hydrogen sulfide at -20° C., and triethylamine (0.14 mL, 1 mole) and a solution of the mesylate G2A (233 mg, 0.5 mole) were added successively. The solution was stirred for 10 min at -20° C. and for 45 min at -20° C.->0° C., and was then diluted with methylene chloride (30 mL), washed successively with 0.5N hydrochloric acid, water and saturated ssodium chloride, dried and evaporated to give, after drying at 0.1 torr, the mercaptan H2A (170 mg, 85%). NMR(CDCl₃) 4.37 (1H, m), 2.98 (1H, dd, 5, 11Hz), 2.63 (1H, dd, 4, 11Hz), 1.98 (1H, s), 1.49 (3H, s), 1.48 (3H, s), 1.17 (3H, d, 5Hz), 0.84 (9H, s), 0.05 (3H, s), 0.01 (3H, s). ##STR46##

STEP 8B

The mesylate G2B was converted into the mercaptan H2B as described in Step 8A. NMR (CDCl₃) 7.71 (4H, m), 7.40 (6H, m), 3.00 (1H, dd, 6, 16Hz), 2.75 (1H, dd, 7, 16Hz), 1.93 (1H, s), 1.46 (3H, s), 1.45 (3H, s), 1.13 (3H, d, 6Hz), 1.05 (9H, s) ##STR47##

STEP 9

Under nitrogen, the nercaptan H2A (100 mg, 0.36 mole) was dissolved in degassed dimethylormamide (1.0 mL). The solution was cooled to -55° C. and treated with 0.45 mL of a solution of lithium diisopropylamide prepared from n-butyllithium (0.8 mL of a 1.6M hexane solution) and diisopropylamine (0.36 mL, 0.259 g, 2.56 moles) in degassed tetrahydrofuran (0.8 mL). The reaction mixture was stirred at -45° C. for 30 min, and a solution of the beta-lactone D1 (D- or L) (56.8 mg, 0.30 mole) in degassed dimethylformamide (0.8 mL) was added. The mixture was stirred at -30° C. for 20 min and then diluted with methylene chloride (10 mL0 and washed with 0.5N hydrochloric acid. The aqueous layer was extracted with methlene chloride (2×5mL) and the combined organic extracts were washed with water, then saturated sodium chloride, dried and evaporated. The residue was dried under high vacuum and purified by flash chromatography (silica gel, 4 g; 0%->8% ethyl acetate-methylene chloride (1% acetic acid)) to give the coupled product 12D or 12L 12D (88.6%, []D-2.27 (c 0.1, chloroform)). NMR (CDCl₃) (one isomer) 5.28 (1H, br t), 4.48 (1H, br) 4.32 (1H, m), 2.83, 2.71 (2H, m), 2.71, 2.62 (2H, m), 1.44 (9H, s), 1.43 (6H, s), 1.16 (3H, d, 6Hz), 0.85 (9H,), 0.05 (3H, s), 0.00 (3H, s). The nmr spectrum shows a 1:1 mixture of epimers in the 2-hydroxypropyl side chain. ##STR48##

12L (83%, []D+2.33 (c 0.1, chloroforum)). NMR (CDCl₃) (one isomer) 5.28 (1H, br t), 4.48 (1H, br), 4.32 (1H, m), 2.86, 2.79 (2H, m), 2.70, 2.61 (2H, m), 1.43 (9H, s), 1.42 (6H, s), 1.16 (3H, d, 6Hz), 0.83 (9H,s), 0.04 (3H, s), 0.00 (3H, s). The nmr spectrum shows a 1:1 mixture of epimers in the 2-hydroxypropyl side chain. ##STR49##

STEP 10A

To 12D (22.7 mg, 0.049 mole) was added formic acid (0.3 mL). The solution was shaken for 20 min at room temperature and the solvent was then removed by lyophilization. The residue wa dissolved in a mixture of ether (3 mL) and water (1 mL). The ether phase was extracted with water (1 mL), and the combined aqueous phase wa neutralized with 5% sodium bicarbonate and lyophilized to give 2(5 mg, 40%) having the D-configuration at C3, as a mixture of epimers in the 2-hydroxypropyl side chain. NMR (D2O) 4.23 (1H, m), 3.80 (1H, m), 3.30 (1H, q), 2.70-2.85 (3H, m), 1.40 (6H, s), 1.15(3H, d). ##STR50##

STEP 10B

The procedure of Step 10A was repeated on 12L to give 2 having the L-configuration at C3 ##STR51##

EXAMPLE 9 Bioassy of 2-D

The compound was assayed for antibacteral activity in plates inoculated either with Sarcina lutea or Escherichia coli. In the former case, penicillin G was employed as a standard. In the latter case, Cephalexin was employed as the standard. The compound was found to be 800 times less active than penicillin G, and 10 times less active than Cephalexin. The L-isomer of 2 was found to be inactive in both assays.

EXAMPLE 10 Synthesis of 2-Thia-4-Carboxy-6-(2-Hydroxypropyl)-7,7-Dimethyl-5-1,5-Thiazepine.

In formula III, X--Y═S--S; Z═OH; R₁ ═R₂ ═CH₃ ; R₃ ═R₄ ═R₅ ═R₆ ═R₇ ═CH₃. Both D- and L- configurations of C₄ are prepared, but the R- and S- isomers at C9 have not been separated. The L-isomer is active (FIG. 13) ##STR52##

L-Cysteine hydrochloride (4.1 mg, 0.026 mole) was dissolved in 90% methanol-water (0.35 mL), and a solution of the mercaptan H2A (Example 2, Step 8A) (7.1 mg, 0.026 mole) in methanol (0.35 mL) wa added, followed by iodine (6.5 mg, 0.026 mole) and triethylamine (7 L, 0.050 mole). The reaction mixture was left for 30 min at room temperature and the solvent was then removed under reduced pressure. The residue was partitioned between pH 7 phosphate buffer (containing one drop of 10% sodium thiosulfate) and methylene chloride. The aqueous layer was extracted with ethyl acetate (1×5 mL) and lyophilized. The residue was triturated with methanol, and the methanol extract was combined with methylene chloride and ethyl acetate extracts and evaropated. The product was purified on 10×15 cm alumina plate using methylene chloride-methanol-water (1.8:0.2:0.15) as eluant to give the disulfide A4-L (8.9 mg, 80%). NMR (D₂ O): 4.19 (1H, m), 3.92 (1H, dd, 3.7 Hz), 3.18 (1H, m), 3.04 (1H, m), 2.92 (1H, m), 2.76 (1H, m), 1.43 (6H, s), 1.12 (3H, d, 7Hz). The compound is a mixture of epimers in the 2-hydroxypropyl chain. ##STR53##

Repetition of this experiment using D-cysteine in place of L-cysteine gave A4-D. ##STR54##

The amino acids A4-D and A4-L were dissolved in water containing sodium bicarbonate and asayed for antibacterial activity by plate assay using S. lutea. A zone of inhibition was observed with the L-isomer, but not with the D-isomer. The inhibition is ascribed to the formation of the cyclic tructure 3L, whose interaction with the model of the penicillin receptor is shown in FIG. 13.

EXAMPLE 11 Synthesis of 3-Carboxy-5-Oximino-1,4-Thiazine

In formula IV, X═S; R₁ ═R₂ ═CH₃ ; R₃ ═R₄ ═R₉ ═H; X═N; Z═OH. Both D- and L- isomers at C3 are ??. ##STR55##

STEP 1

To a solution of D-cysteine (605.8 mg, 5 moles) in methanol (10 mL) were added uccessively ethyl bromoacetate (0.99 g, 5.95 moles) and triethylamine (1.4 mL, 1.02 g, 10 moles). The solution was stirred for 20 min at room temperature and ether (20 mL) was then added. The product was collected by filtration, washed with ether and dried. Five hundred mg of tthis material were suspended in dimethylformamide (5 mL), and p-toluenesulfonic acid (458 mg, 2.41 moles) was added. The reulting solution wa treated portionwise with diphenyldiazomethane until the color of the diazo compound persisted, and the reaction mixture was stirred overnight. It was then diluted with ether (20 mL) and extracted with water (2×10 mL). The aqueous extract was made alkaline by addition of saturated sodium carbonate, and was then extracted with ethyl acetate (3×10 mL). The combined organic extracts were washed with water and saturated sodium chloride, dried and evaporated. A 370-mg portion of the residue (0.99 mole) was dissolved in 1,4-dioxane (8 mL), 2-pyridone (47 mg, 0.49 mole) was added, and the solution was heated under nitrogen at 102° C. for 7 h. Additional 2-pyridone (23.5 mg, 0.25 mole) was then added and heating was continued for 4 h. At this time the solvent was removed under reduced high pressure and the residue was purified on 15 g of silica gel. Elution with 8% ethyl acetate-hexane afforded 252 mg (78%) of the thiazinone benzhydryl ester A5-D. NMR (CDCl₃) 7.34 (10H, m), 6.96 (1H, s), 6.48 (1H, s), 4.46 (1H, m), 3.33 (2H, s), 3.21 (1H, dd, 4, 15Hz), 2.98 (1H, dd, 9, 15Hz) . ##STR56##

STEP 2

The thiazinone ester A5-D (252 mg, 0.77 mole) wa disolved in dry tetrahydrofuran (5 mL) under nitrogen, and the reagent prepared from phosphoru pentaulfide and diphenyl ether according to Tetrahedron Letters 3815 (1983) (244 mg, 0.46 mole) was added. The olution was tirred for 35 min, concentrated, and the residue wa purified on silica gel (8 g). Elution with 15% ethyl acetate-hexane afforded 214 mg (81%) of the thioamide B5-D. NMR (CDCl₃) 8.59. (1H, s) , 7.35 (10H, m), 6.98 (1H, s), 4.39 (1H, m), 3.79 (2H, s), 3.32 (1H, dd, 4, 15Hz), 3.02 (1H, dd, 8, 15Hz). ##STR57##

STEP 3

The thioamide B5-D (80 mg, 0.23 mole) was dissolved with stirring in ice-cold dry tetrahydrofuran 92 mL) under nitrogen and sodium hydride (80%, 8.4 mg, 0.28 mole) was added. After 5 min stirring in an ice-bath, the reaction mixture was treeated with 30 L (0.48 mole) of methyl iodide. Reaction was complete after 25 min. Dilution with ether, followed by successive extraction with water, saturated sodium bicarbonate and saturated sodium chloride, drying and evaporation gave a product which was purified on silica gel (3 g). Elution with 10% ethyl acetate-hexane afforded 59.1 mg (75%) of the thiomethylimine C5-D. NMR (CDCl₃) 7.35 (10H, m), 6.96 (1H, s), 4.53 (1H, m), 3.27 (1H, dt, 5, 18Hz), 3.15 (1H, dt, 5, 18Hz), 2.99 (1H, dd, 3, 13Hz), 2.81 (1H, dd, 4, 13Hz), 2.37 (3H, s). ##STR58##

STEP 4

The thiomethylimine C5-D (59 mg, 0.165 mole) was dissoled in tetrahydrofuran (0.5 mL) and added to a solution prepared under nitrogen from hydroxylamine hydrochloride (68.8 mg, 0.99 mole) and 1.65M methanolic sodium methylate (0.3 mL, 0.5 mole) in methanol (0.7 mL). The reaction wa complete in 10 min. The mixture was diluted with methylene chloride (10 mL), washed successively with aturated sodium bicarbonate, water and saturated sodium chloride, dried and evaporated. Chromatography on silica gel (1.5 g) and elution with 12% ethyl acetate-methylene chloride gave 52.7 mg (94%) of the oximino ester D5-D. NMR (CDCl₃) 7.34 (11H, m), 6.93 (1H, s), 5.97 (1H, s), 4.28 (1H, m), 3.30 (1H, d, 13Hz), 3.21 (1H, dd, 3, 13Hz), 3.16 (1H, d, 13Hz), 3.08 (1H, dd, 7, 13Hz). ##STR59##

STEP 5

The ester D5-D (47 mg) was dissolved in formic acid (1 mL). After 5 h at room temperature the reaction mixture was frozen and the solvent removed by lyophilization. The residue wa partitioned between ether and watter, the ether layer was extracted once with water, and the combined aqueous extracts were lyophilized again to yield 4-D. NMR (D₂ O): 4.15 (1H, m), 3.50 (1H, d, 14Hz), 3.34 (1H, d, 14Hz), 3.15 (1H, dd, 6, 15Hz), 3.02 (1H, dd, 6, 15 Hz). ##STR60##

The L-enantiomer of 4 was prepared as describbed above, but startin with L-cysteine in place of D-cysteine. ##STR61## 

We claim:
 1. A compound selected from the group consisting of compounds having antibiotic activity of the formula:where X═S, O, CH₂, or Se Y═OH, NH₂, NHCOR₉, or SH R₁,R₂,R₃,R₄,R₅,R₆,R₇ (which may be identical or different)═H, alkyl, or aryl R₉ ═a β-lactam active side chain or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein the β-lactam active side chain is selected from the group consisting of:(a) a group of the formula --XO, wherein:X═O or S, and O═C₁₋₄ alkyl, C₂₋₄ alkenyl or aryl C₁₋₄ ; and, 2-carboxyvinyl, 2-methoxycarbonylvinyl, 2-ethoxycarbonylvinyl and 2-cyanovinyl or another group of the formula ##STR62## wherein R₁ and R₂ may be the same or different, and are each selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, carboxy, cyano, C₂₋₇, alkoxycarbonyl and substituted or unsubstituted aliphatic groups; and, (c) an unsubstituted or substituted methyl group of the formula --CH₂ Y wherein Y is a hydrogen atom or a nucleophilic atom or nucleophilic group.
 2. The compound of claim 1 wherein computer modelling indicates that the compound is capable of reacting with a serine hydroxyl group contained within a model of a penicillin-binding protein via a four-centered transition structure, wherein the model of the penicillin-binding protein comprises a model of a peptide containing the sequence Val-Gly-Ser-Val-Thr-Lys.
 3. The compound of claim 2 wherein the peptide consists essentially of the sequence Ac-Val-Gly-Ser-Val-Thr-Lys-NHCH₃ and the dihedral angles of the peptide are approximately as follows:

    ______________________________________                                         Resi-                                                                          due  φ  ψ   ω                                                                              χ.sup.1                                                                          χ.sup.2                                                                         χ.sup.3                                                                          χ.sup.4                                                                         χ.sup.5                    ______________________________________                                         Ac                  180                                                        Val  -72    121     180   -60   178  180                                       Gly  160    -179    178                                                        Ser  79     -62     -177  -55   62                                             Val  72     -86     177   -52   180  180                                       Thr  -71    152     176   -172  176  -179                                      Lys  -69    -47     179   -179  62   176   180  180                            ______________________________________                                    


4. The compound of claim 2 wherein computer modelling calculates that the compound has an activation energy for reaction with the serine hydroxyl group of not greater than 3 kcal/mol higher than that exhibited by a penicillin antibiotic.
 5. The compound of claim 3 wherein computer modelling calculates that the compound has an activation energy for reaction with the serine hydroxyl group of not greater than 3 kcal/mol higher than that exhibited by a penicillin antibiotic.
 6. The compound of claim 2 wherein computer modelling calculates that the compound has an activation energy for methanolysis of not greater than 3 kcal/mol higher than the activation energy of the corresponding reaction between methanol and N-methylazetidinone.
 7. The compound of claim 3 wherein computer modelling calculates that the compound has an activation energy for methanolysis of not greater than 3 kcal/mol higher than the activation energy of the corresponding reaction between methanol and N-methylazetidinone.
 8. The compound of claim 1 wherein the compound is 3-carboxy-5-(2-hydroxypropyl)-6,6-dimethyl-4-1,4-thiazine.
 9. The compound of claim 8 having the S-configuration at C3.
 10. The compound of claim 1 having the S-configuration at C3.
 11. The compound of claim 1 wherein:R₁, R₂, R₃, R₄, R₆, R₇ ═H R₅ ═loweralkyl or aryl Y═OH.
 12. The compound of claim 11 having the S-configuration at C3.
 13. The compound of claim 12 wherein R₅ is methyl.
 14. The compound of claim 13 wherein X═S. 